Posted on 05/27/2009 7:06:03 PM PDT by moneyrunner
Advocates and advocacy groups do themselves and others a serious disservice when they deliberately mislead the people. When the press, with the power to mold public opinion stop becoming umpires of the truth, but players on a team, they deserve to lose our respect.
The fact that they press is now such an obvious player in the game of politics on the side of the Left is part of the reason that the old media is dying. Alternatives to the old media are now so easily reached that lies of commission as well as lies of omission can easily be exposed.
With that in mind, I saw something on the Virginian Pilot editorial page that struck me as wrong. I just could not put my finger on it. The numbers did not add up. The editorial was entitled Questions, answers on Virginia's jobless benefits and pretended to be a series of questions and answers designed to inform readers about the issue of the Virginia legislature’s decision to reject the Administration’s offer of $125 million in unemployment benefits if the state would permanently change its unemployment benefit laws.
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Another Liberal rag ping.
BTW, throw WAVY-TV 10 in with that ‘liberal’ category, as well.
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