Activists Make Poor Journalists

The Omaha World-Herald ^ | March 27, 2004 | Bill O'Reilly [Creators Syndicate]

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A few weeks ago, I opined that partisan journalism was getting out of control in America and that ideological fanaticism was badly damaging journalistic standards because, in some cases, facts were being altered to fit the agendas of certain reporters and commentators. Now comes more disturbing news about the news.

According to an article in The New York Times Magazine, an unpublicized meeting was held in New York City early last December attended by Sen. John Kerry and a number of liberal-leaning journalists, including CNN's Jeff Greenfield, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, Richard Cohen of The Washington Post and Frank Rich of the aforementioned New York Times.

Now this powwow might have been just an innocent "get to know you" soiree, but there are hints it might have been quite something else. One of the attendees, Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time magazine, was quoted as saying that Kerry was asked a number of times about his vote on Iraq, and, according to Kelly, "by the third go-round the answer was getting shorter and more relevant."

The "third go-round"? That sounds like coaching to me, but I could be wrong. Maybe the senator simply wasn't making himself clear. What I'm not wrong about is that more than a few so-called journalists have turned into "activists": people who are dedicating themselves to getting a certain party or person elected and are using their positions in the news media to do it.

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[Robert A Cook PE]

Gee.

Didn't these same clowns even NOTICE that Clinton called a complete 3-day series of "invite-only" meetings and conferences IN THE WHITE HOUSE immediately after his impeachment to plan his agenda for the next year?

Didn't they notice that those "journalists" that were specifically excluded were the ONLY ONES that had offered criticism and accurate commentary on his (and hers!) administration during the impeachment?

Didn't they notice that immediately afte these planning meetings the NY Tines and the mass TV media began empasizing the Kosovo and Albanian attacks.....Just before Clinotn began showcaasing them for his "foreign policy" "triumph" ... calculated to show Hillary as a sympathetic internationalist to the NY Jewish voters?

[GailA]

COLLUSION..IF GW did this the socialist/liberal media whores would be screaming to high heaven.

[Fraulein]

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