Halperin also commended the Fox News Channel business model as being inclusive of all Americans:
"I think everybody in the old media better be [...] saying, 'Are we being fair to everybody involved in the American political process?' Even if you don't believe the argument, Bill, that we make, in 'The Way to Win,' that there are some examples over the years that are pretty significant, of showing why conservatives are aggrieved, even if you're a liberal and you don't believe that, believe that half the country feels that way.
I think Halperin's one of the good guys ... on the other side - but still, a good man.
This guy should put more action behind his words , ABC's coverage this election year has been hopelessly biased towards Liberals and against Republicans. If he needs to get conservatives trust back, he should start cleaning up the mess in his organisation.
Until they fix the newswires, like AP, nothing will change.
Ping.
Probably too little too late.
But I do see a couple of pigs sitting in the high branches of the maple out front.
GM and Ford lost the trust of the American public in the 70's, and they will never get it back. Nice sentiment, Mark, but too little, too late.
Sounds good to me.
someone please tell Jane Hall of Fox News Watch.
bump
Having Halperin "expose" liberal bias in the MSM...
is like having Joe Kennedy run the Securities and Exchange Commission.
He knows about all the tricks because he's used 'em!
My guess: Halperin knows that ABCNews, like a lot of MSM, is gonna'
die, unless they change.
I wouldn't give him the time of day. And neither should folks like
Glenn Beck, O'Reilly and the like.
More trash on Halperin:
KEYWORD: MARKHALPERIN
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=markhalperin
The ABC's of Media Bias-The radical roots of ABC Political Director Mark Halperin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1244681/posts
ABC NEWS SPARES 'BIAS' BOSS IN MEMO FLAP (urged 'ABC staffers to hold Bush more "accountable"')
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240939/posts
Halperin Memo Dated Friday October 8, 2004
It goes without saying that the stakes are getting very high for the country and the campaigns - and our responsibilities become quite grave.
I do not want to set off (sp?) and endless colloquy that none of us have time for today - nor do I want to stifle one. Please respond if you feel you can advance the discussion.
The New York Times (Nagourney/Stevenson) and Howard Fineman on the web both make the same point today: the current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes beyond what Kerry has done.
Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win.
We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides "equally" accountable when the facts don't warrant that.
I'm sure many of you have this week felt the stepped up Bush efforts to complain about our coverage. This is all part of their efforts to get away with as much as possible with the stepped up, renewed efforts to win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions.
It's up to Kerry to defend himself, of course. But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right.
From: http://www.drudgereport.com/mh.htm
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