[Jim Robinson]

"Which raises a second way that blogs aren't so different from the MSM: Both choose what to cover and how. This power to set the agenda and frame the story is exactly what bothers most critics of the mainstream news, and many blogs' very reason-for-being is to critique these decisions. Precisely because they are not bound by any claims to objectivity, most bloggers spend their time zeroing in on a couple of stories or story angles they think the MSM are ignoring, suppressing or skewing. Consequently, the world-according-to-the-blogs is a very skewed place, indeed. This past week, for example, liberal blogs such as Daily Kos waited in breathless anticipation for an announcement of indictments of Bush administration officials in the Valerie Plame affair, while over on the conservative side of the blog aisle, barely a peep could be heard about that story."

Not a peep on FR about the Valerie Plame affair? I'm so ashamed.

Top blogs like FR are not fair and balanced.

Guess we ought to give up the "power to set the agenda and frame the story" to others.

What do you think?

[Mike Darancette]

FR is fair and balanced.

FReepers post news items 'fairly' often and other FReepers on 'balance' mock those news stories.

[Congressman Billybob]

Jim,

I'm sure you noticed the one quote this woman used in her article from the Professor at U Cal Berkeley. The very statistics in this article demonstrate that this professor of the "economics of communication" is dumb as a bag of hammers. Internet surfers are already making, on a daily basis, the kind of searches that will lead them to sources on whatever subjects they seek.

Based on those searches, some sites prosper and others wither on the vine. Do you suppose that the professor is unaware of Google? After all, Google is only seven years old, and academics tend to be behind the curve. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Reporting on the 2,000th American Death in Iraq"

[kjo]

It's more sour grapes. The kids who used to run the only game in town can't quite get used to the idea that they ain't it anymore. LOL. Too bad.

[wigswest]

After reading the whole article, I'm convinced the reporter has never even looked at FR.

[dighton]

... while over on the conservative side of the blog aisle, barely a peep could be heard about [the Plame] story."

And dead silence about what's her name, Miers.

[reagan_fanatic]

Grrrr.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Not a peep on FR about the Valerie Plame affair? I'm so ashamed.

*snort*

They don't know how to count.

On the 10/21 alone we had no less then 20 stories on la Flame affair.

[marmar]

MSM.........be afraid.........be very..very afraid. Funny thing is that they are circling the drain, and they haven't figured it out yet...........LOL

[altura]

I think if we've had barely a peep on Valerie Flame, then we should all get ear plugs in case we have a real 'peep."

[Tzimisce]

Yes, it was so much better when there was only 4-6 media outlets controlled by the left.

Yes, the people having freedom is a cause for great concern. The people have no idea what's good for them (that's why we need the left to filter it all for us.) Thanks to the left dumbing down education it's a wonder any of us can think at all.

We need the FEC to get involved in the blogosphere - then it would be "fair and balanced" (and maybe Kerry would have won the elections.)

I love ivory towered elists - so open minded and excepting.....

[altura]

I also think that I need to try to sound more intelligent in my posts. I had no idea there were 2/3 million visitors here a quarter.

Wow, you done good, Jim.

[highlander_UW]

"...barely a peep could be heard about that story.

LOL, what a moron...and perhaps they missed the hot link on the top title CIA - Plame...there are plenty of threads on the topic, AND it's followed as one of the top 10 or so current topics as evidenced by it being hot keyed.

[okie01]

What do you think?

I think Regina Lawrence has no idea what she's talking about.

[meema]

LOL!

[hocndoc]

I think the Oregonian commenter hasn't spent enough time on FR - The opinions in the threads may lean one way, but we get a wide range of views and information overall.

[Colonel_Flagg]

What do I think? I think you didn't create a blog. :)

[investigateworld]

The Oregonian, like many of the MSM printers is having trouble with circulation. I'm getting phone banked regularly to subscribe. Their latest offer: Just pay for the Sunday edition ($2.00) and we'll throw in the other 6 days a week free. This is for a six month subscription. And keep up the good work!

[Petronski]

Dear Regina:

This is NOT A BLOG!

It's a forum.

That is all.

[crazyhorse691]

Prof. Lawrence spent so much time wallowing around in the progressive cesspools of entrails divination and tinfoil hat theories that she failed to realize that that environment ain't normal or healthy. The moonbats can be so amusing.

[aposiopetic]

What I think is that I am shocked that more FReepers are not shocked that
THE FDA IS PERMITTING A CLINICAL TRIAL TO PROCEED WHICH WILL LIKELY INVOLVE THE TRANSPLANTATION OF STEM CELLS TAKEN FROM ABORTED HUMANS
but I guess the shock is not as widely shared as I might have thought.

Perhaps as a poster I am becoming *unfair and unbalanced* in being aghast at the prospect, but I would certainly appreciate comments at the thread linked above.