Posted on 09/13/2004 8:36:02 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
It took a lawsuit and a year before they admitted the drug memo forgery in 1997.
CBS is a clear and partisan arm of the Democrat National Committee, and should be subject to the broadcast restrictions of the Campaign Finance Reform act.
Yeah, a whole bunch of National Enquirers...isn't the media already competetive? Unless you witness something yourself...there's really no way of knowing the truth, so nowadays, people just migrate to the media that tells them what they want to hear, or supports there views. Everyone ends up being more and more partisan.
Thank God for the information age....
The difference is that the so-called "conservative media" -- talk radio, this website, certain bloggers -- is upfront about where it's coming from. We are openly conservative and offer opinion accordingly.
To the contrary, the MSM contends that its reporting is "objective" and "neutral", not informed by an "opinion", one way or the other. As such, they are being dishonest.
OK now... where getting somewhere where we are finding common ground ... what im saying is... what are we talking about Bush in a negaitve light because of CBS and crappy ass documents! the question needs to be turned! like you suggest.What did Kerry know and when did he know it? What did Dan know and when did he know it?
Edward R. Murrow is alive and well. And working at Fox News. < |:)~
"objective" and "neutral"...does that equal "fair" and "balanced"...?
Should read the "Mainstream Media Moves FURTHER Left"
bump for later
To Stanley Kurtz:
Because you were slow to see and finally acknowledge what the rest of us have observed for years.
I appreciate better late than never, but now grab a clue and proceed to fight this situation.
I, for one, and I'm sure most Freepers, certainly never entertained the notion that "CBS would admit they were forgeries". I knew Rather would dig in. Why? Because to me it is clear he and his staff had a hand in concocting the scheme.
It's nice to be proven right (regarding the non-admission and the standing by the lie), but frustrating when others aligned philosophically would have dismissed this and murmured how now clearly CBS will admit they were duped. Remember Hewitt bragging how they got Clinton elected by helping him via Sixty Minutes. This is not new, just more flagrant; more brazen.
It's the "open" part that's missing. That's you point, isn't it?
The truth will usually win out over lies, especially if it is not actively suppressed.
True, but the article's point is that people are rapidly catching on.
Why? If everyone knows a particular outlet's position, then whatever they report can be viewed/read with that in mind. It already happens with the NYT, LAT, WP, etc - try and use those references with a conservative, and the basis is immediately dismissed.
The key is open and clear partisianship - none of this hiding behind psuedo-objectivity. Dicken's has a great vignette in the Pickwick Papers ie the Buffs vs. the Blues, complete with brawling crowds, drinks for votes, partisan papers spewing vitriolic accusations, etc.
Yes, it is. Because what is going on now is a bunch of deception, trotted out and defended as if they are "objective reality." I'd rather have all sides say something like "I'm not going to argue for the 'other side,' I'm going to give you only the information that I want you to have." That's is what is in fact going on now, and maybe 15 - 25% of the public is conscious of it.
How do you know people easily figured out the truth?
That's the way I'm seeing it, too.
Please present an example of where they have reported false or wrong information and failed to correct it.
"Dickens has a great vignette in the Pickwick Papers."
Do I detect another Dickens fan, or just the Pickwick Papers? One of my favorites is the case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce from "Bleak House."
Good point.
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