| In other words, instead of faux objectivity, AP will now be blatantly obviously biased toward the left.
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Posted on 07/14/2008 6:29:32 AM PDT by abb
We have birthed the concept of Freedom of Speech.
We now witness its demise by those who have profited the most from its misuse of freedoms granted.
I continue to hold much hope for the internet and its ability to allow more than just Freedom of Speech - as we also have the unfettered Freedom of Thought with instant debate minus all the organizational entanglements and commitments.
Individuals are finally being given time and opportunity to see all segments of the global outreach and know our media for what they really are expecially when they purport to represent this nation and its people.
“The AP has always been a just-the-facts type of organization,” the staffer added, where even star political reporters typically play a more behind-the-scenes role than those at other papers.
But in reality the particular facts - and especially the rules by which the particular facts are selected for discussion - constitute a perspective. In the case of "if it bleeds, it leads," and "Man Bites Dog, not Dog Bites Man," the rules select for superficiality and therefore inherently subvert conservatism.
Al Pravda drops the mask...
You've hit upon a dictum our Saturday Morning Coffee Club espoused years ago: "What isn't in the news may be more important that what is in the news."
| In other words, instead of faux objectivity, AP will now be blatantly obviously biased toward the left.
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Exactly! That’s the whole liberal mantra...people need to told what to think because they are so stupid. At this point, the AP should be what the web is NOT...a place where facts can be reported.
Fornier’s arrogence in telling us the truth is astounding but expected. My major was journalism in the 70s...believe me, the old professors would be taking this guy down!
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=86465
NBC: 2Q Profits Hold Steady, Zucker Puts Faith In Cable
by Wayne Friedman, Monday, Jul 14, 2008 7:30 AM ET
I haven’t clicked on a single AP story now for a couple of weeks.
I hope tens of thousands are following suit.
What will kill the AP - and it shouldn't be long now - is when it's subscribers (newspapers and local tv) realize they're throwing their money down a rathole.
"What isn't in the news may be more important that what is in the news."
. . . and what "isn't in the news" is not limited to the things that happened yesterday which didn't get reported. There is no necessary reason why what happened yesterday is more important than what happened last week - or for that matter 2000 years ago.The assumption that what happened 2000 years ago matters today is conservative. The assumption that what happened yesterday is important actually is radical.
A piece on the PT Barnum factor in the EBIDS (Electronic Broadcast Information Distribution System, often mistakenly called broadcast journalism or network news).
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-comment14-2008jul14,0,7475850.story
Katie Couric, news anchors and the cult of personality
Ones of one is definitely following suit.
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1140023.html
Published: Jul 13, 2008 12:00 AM
Modified: Jul 13, 2008 01:52 AM
Best critics keep all of us honest
By Craig D. Lindsey, Staff Writer
In case you haven’t heard, criticism is under attack. And so far, the body count among film critics is high.
Between 2006 and now, more than 30 film critics of all types all over the country have quit, retired, been laid off, accepted buyouts or been reassigned. With the myriad reports of print journalism going through an Internet-induced, ad revenue-depleted, downward spiral, critics of all forms of arts and leisure — movies, books, music, dance — have been among the first to get the ax.
So far this year, film critics have been exiting at an alarming rate. In March, veteran Newsweek critic David Ansen and New York Newsday critics Jan Stuart and Gene Seymour accepted buyouts, while the independent Village Voice’s Nathan Lee was laid off. In May, The Washington Post’s head critics, Stephen Hunter and Desson Thomson, accepted buyouts and left their positions.
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Until now, the AP has in effect served two roles: breaking news and serving as the last — and definitive — word.Michael Calderone, and by extension AP as a whole, clearly shows kook sign by claiming the last word.
It sounds like the screed of bloggers. The AP has chosen to “stoop” to the level of bloggers to maintain their relevance.
Unfortunately, they vote 90+% liberal, so we are in for much more liberal bias being displayed then even we ever expected.
May all their newspapers and such go bankrupt!
At least the bias will be out in the open now. Biased reporting, disguised as factual reporting, is more effective and insidious.
The assumption that what happened 2000 years ago matters today is conservative. The assumption that what happened yesterday is important actually is radical.
What ancient fact could be more important than today's sports and murders?
Reminds me of a great quote from Camus, of all people.
"A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers."Al hit that one on the nose.--Camus
Buh bye, AP...
Actuially it’s losing money because it’s partisan.
http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2008/07/14/cuts-at-the-journal-and-more-on-the-way
Cuts at the ‘Journal’ — and More on the Way?
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I agree with you that this is ultimately a good thing. They're going to be biased anyway; they may as well wear it on their sleeves.