[crushkerry]

Ping.

[wolfpat]

One small thing: Didn't the Abu Ghraib abuses get exposed as a result of a Pentagon announcement that they were in the middle of disciplining some soldiers?

[CaptRon]

Somewhere between Rathergate and Easongate a germ of an idea caught hold that the blogosphere is hell-bent on destroying and “bringing down” the Old Media. Certainly that is how the Old Media sees the struggle

That's the smell of fear. No one's ever held them accountable before.

[Congressman Billybob]

Very thoughtful and civilized piece. Therefore, no one in the MSM will take notice. Besides, the MSM does "employ bias checkers." We just don't get paid, and our "employers" do everything in their power to avoid the results that we produce.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, Confessions of a "Salivating Moron"

[CIB-173RDABN]

The bias is more subtle then what this writer suggest.

I quit reading the local big city papers when I discovered I could predict the type of stories as well as the point of view these stories would take on an almost daily basis.

It was that old joke, "End of the World", "Woman, minority and poor hurt worse". Everything was slanted as to how a "story" would affect "woman", "minorities", "the poor", and in the bay area, "gays".

It got just too predictable. Every so often I will pick up a daily paper to see if it has changed, it hasn't, although the last paper I bought had a price of 46 cents on it, but required me to put in two quarters to get. They can not even be honest with the price.

[Soul Seeker]

Actually, I think the prevalent thought to come out the last few weeks was that the nuMedia were a pack of head hunters. That I disagree with. Some wanted Rather's head, but only because he pushed fake memos to attempt to destroy the President during an election. I personally wanted him to stay because his presence discredits CBS more than his firing would have. I don't know of anyone that believed Eason would step down within a week. Concentration was on the release of a tape. I do agree nuMedia's primary interest is in Truth. I disagree that interest is not in "bringing down" Old media. Of course it is. Maybe stories pursued are not done with that as the conscious primary objective, but what do we think the result of offering alternative news sources and disaplying to the public their bias will be? The further discrediting of the Old Media and thus loss of their power on the electorate.

That is my goal and I will not deny it. Old media pretends to be an objective carrier of the news. They have used this to manipulate public opinion to sway towards their own Liberal bias. As long as they choose to serve as propaganda mouth pieces for the DNC under the banner of "objectivity" abusing public trust, I will seek their further erosion. If they choose to relinquish the mantle of objectivity, I will change my stance to that of a competitor. Ball's in their court.