Bias upon bias upon bias

Washington Times ^ | 12/22/01 | Balint Vazsonyi

[kattracks]

Of the many reviews about Bernard Goldberg's book "Bias," reading Janet Maslin's in the New York Times is economical because you get the point without having to buy the book. If you are in a hurry, you need not read the article

[OldFriend]

The writer is not American born and can be forgiven for not knowing that bias in the media, particularly leftward slanting, began before the 60s.......to wit, the vicious assault of Richard Nixon the moment he appeared on the political stage.

[RussP]

Excellent article. I'd reply more specifically, but who would read it? Everybody's in bed by now. That's the problem with late-night online discussions on the left coast.

[Hugh Akston]

Such an event would be American willingness to dispense with the misnomers "left," "liberal" and "progressive," and identify the philosophical roots of the bias as reflecting the socialist-communist way of thinking.

YES!!!

Excuse me, I got excited. I agree with the author.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I would like to propose that alone some equally cataclysmic event could rid us of its plague within a reasonable time frame. Such an event would be American willingness to dispense with the misnomers "left," "liberal" and "progressive," and identify the philosophical roots of the bias as reflecting the socialist-communist way of thinking.

F.A. von Hayek (The Road to Serfdom)told us all about that, back during WWII. To propose that all Americans are suddenly going to understand and accept that, is just plain silly.

Item: "The most important bias to contemplate here is the one against serious, unglamorous news." That is Ms. Maslin's final conclusion after reading what must be a devastating indictment of media moguls, producers, editors and newscasters arrogating powers never contemplated by the men who wrote the supreme law of our land.

Sorry, but that statement has a lot of merit. Journalism is nonfiction entertainment, and for that reason it ignores things that can't be made interesting.

Should anyone wish to look at a perfect demonstration of outrageous bias in the New York Times itself, I recommend the Dec. 13 editorial, "Tearing Up the ABM Treaty"

. . . but editorials are openly opinionated, and--like "biased reporting"--unambiguously protected by the First Amendment. Provided, of course, that they are printed.

That proviso must be added, because the FCC control of broadcasting would be entirely unconstitutional if applied to print.

Why Broadcast Journalism is Unnecessary and Illegitimate.

[Neets]

LOL it's OK!!! I feel the same way!