Another one finds the target, eh?
PAJAMA PATROL PRESSER
FGS
Posted on 05/27/2005 10:34:37 PM PDT by smoothsailing
High noon for high news
By Victor Davis Hanson
Published May 28, 2005
The recent Dan Rather and Newsweek controversies hardly seem connected. But on closer examination, both incidents symbolize what has gone wrong with traditional news organizations.
The old assumption was that opinion media -- such as the National Review, the Nation and the New Republic -- offer a slant on current events, but that major news outlets, outside their designated opinion sections, do not. This commitment to disinterested reporting -- and along with it the public's trust in mainstream media -- has been shattered in recent years.
It's easy to see why people no longer feel they can rely on a CBS News or a Newsweek for information without bias. At CBS, Dan Rather persistently wished us to believe a clearly forged memo was authentic. Michael Isikoff's reliance on a single anonymous and unreliable source about supposed desecration of the Koran made an already jaded public believe Newsweek was too eager to deliver a one-sided story.
Three now-common themes appeared in each controversy:
(1) The misinformation erred predictably against the current American government. In CBS' case, anchorman Dan Rather impugned the president's past military service. The Newsweek article questioned the ethics and sense of the U.S. military.
(2) These were not minor slips. The counterfeit documents Mr. Rather circulated undercut a sitting commander-in-chief in the midst of a national election. The fraud had the potential to alter the very governance of the United States. Newsweek's wrong information incited the Middle East's lunatic elements. Rioting and death followed, complicating the U.S. military effort.
(3) Neither organization was markedly contrite when exposed. The culpable Mr. Rather refashioned himself as the maligned target of the blogosphere. Newsweek spokesmen whined that a vindictive administration was hounding their management.
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Another one finds the target, eh?
PAJAMA PATROL PRESSER
FGS
LOL! That is one of my favorite parts!
bttt
FGS
FGS, love your tag line; (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
The new media has certainly done a fabulous service in exposing the hypocrites aka MSM!
VDH sure can turn a phrase; "the new prairie-fire media", has a nice ring and certainly gets me thinking it is time to Saddleup and Ride!
Marcus Tullius Cicero actually. I sort of applied it in a different context ;^)
The new media has certainly done a fabulous service in exposing the hypocrites aka MSM!
Just so. May we ever continue to expose their left-handed views.
FGS
Think so?
Maybe.
We'll see.
You know my take concerning our *illustrious* quisling media, their far-reaching influence, the effectiveness of their Liberal-Socialist geared propaganda, and perhaps most important their resolve.
That opinion's not changed a bit my friend, regardless of what's written about 'em to the contrary.
Well?
...at least I'm consistent, huh. ;^)
Sign on my car:
ABCNNBCBS & NYSlimes
The FRAUDcasters
(sorry - made it before Newsweak's latest debacle)
I would truly be surprised if you were to ever have a change of heart concerning our faux press. Many on this forum see the Goebbelists for what they are but only a few actually understand the depth and breadth of their influence; you're one of 'em.
Their resolve is something to behold, eh? These media busybodies never tire because of their need to tell others how to run their lives. They need to put a sock in it.
FGS
Now, I like that. I think I'll try to work up a graphic of some kind with it...
FGS
Sign on my car:
ABCNNBCBS & NYSlimes
The FRAUDcasters
(sorry - made it before Newsweak's latest debacle)
I'd love to see any graphic you come up with.
ping
BTTT
.....The New York Times still has not recovered from the Jayson Blair scandal, in which a young reporter wrote fictitious stories.....
The Old Gray Whore, taking a cue from the Wicked Witch from New York, has run for the middle ground. The editor recently called for diversity..... some religion, some more red zone sounding reporting.
The circulation is falling. The need to change to boost sales must be galling. To make such a change and such an admission strongly indicates how wrong she is to try to sell the drivel written by her bordello presstitures.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
I was listening to Laura Ingraham this a.m. and she was talking about the recruiting and mentioned Hansen's piece.
I'll read this at lunchtime.
Yes indeedy! My thoughts from that thread: They can't change. Socialist/utopian ideals are systemic. It is part and parcel of their day to day lives. It is who they are and what they do. They will probably just fade away. None too soon for me.
The circulation is falling. The need to change to boost sales must be galling.
Yeah, I know. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside just thinking about it ;^)
To make such a change and such an admission strongly indicates how wrong she is to try to sell the drivel written by her bordello presstitures.
It's taken long enough for market forces to assert themselves, eh? Trying to deliver a utopian message with a competitive, capitalistic system has hit the wall? Make it so. heh,heh
FGS
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