Posted on 02/11/2008 7:27:34 PM PST by jazusamo
Even before Mitt Romney bowed out — with class, by the way — supporters of John McCain, and Republican party pooh-bahs in general, were chastising those conservatives in the media who had criticized Senator McCain.
Those who leveled their attacks at Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other conservatives who had criticized McCain's record completely misconceived the role of the media.
Journalists do not exist to get one party's candidates elected or otherwise serve one party's political interests. The public are the journalists' clientele.
It is the public that reads newspapers and magazines, that listens to radio or watches television. They are depending on journalists to tell them the truth as they see it and to offer their honest opinion as to what it means.
Journalists cannot serve two masters. To the extent that they take on the task of suppressing information or biting their tongue for the sake of some political agenda, they are betraying the trust of the public and corrupting their own profession.
It is bad enough that politicians betray their followers as a matter of expediency. It is real chutzpah when they demand that journalists betray the public trust as a matter of principle, for the benefit of politicians.
Some journalists — too many, in fact — do jump on the bandwagon of particular candidates or particular political agendas, and end up filtering and spinning the news as a result.
Those who are on the "global warming" bandwagon, for example, endlessly repeat that the polar ice cap in the arctic is shrinking — while filtering out the fact that the polar ice cap in the antarctic is growing.
Some people in the media who went ballistic because President Bush fired a dozen U.S. attorneys had nothing to say when President Bill Clinton fired...
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I know the dollars from my little purchases of books by Ann Coulter won't be missed by her but I have bought my last one.
Is he saying that there is bias in the news media? Naw, that can’t be true. /s
Another gem from the world’s greatest living economist. I just wish this guy was interested in public office even as an advisor. He just makes too much sense!
Journalists cannot serve two masters. To the extent that they take on the task of suppressing information or biting their tongue for the sake of some political agenda, they are betraying the trust of the public and corrupting their own profession.
BINGO
What has Ann Coulter got to do with this article? Even Ann considers herself a polemicist, not a journalist.
There’s no better example that he could have given than The Times of London and the Nazis.
IOW, the enemedia, as Justa often points out!
Exactly! I wish she’d point it out to us again. :)
I’m aware of that.
Just wondering how Ann Coulter got into the conversation on this article by Dr. Sowell.
the enemedia
Ha! I love that word, it’s so descriptive. :)
Accurate, too.
“I know the dollars from my little purchases of books by Ann Coulter won’t be missed by her but I have bought my last one.” ~ graybeard58
Sorry to hear that. I’ve suggested what her next book should be about here (See NOTE at bottom):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968460/posts?page=5#5
Nothing rings with the pure tone of truth as a sentence by Sowell.
I've had it with her, too. But I will say this: at least she's open about who she supports in this election.
I'm a Thomas Sowell fan, but I don't know about this one. I've worked as a journalist (in another life) and they're a creepy bunch. Do we need a free press? Of course. But remember Reagan's adage: "Trust, but verify."
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