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Mark Steyn: ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO BURY
National Post (via SteynOnline) ^
| 4/17/03
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 04/18/2003 8:59:12 PM PDT by The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
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To: Temple Owl
ping
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posted on
04/19/2003 12:11:17 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: RobFromGa
Steyn is the best writer I've seen since Coulter and Sowell.He's the best non-fiction writer I've seen since ... anyone.
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posted on
04/19/2003 12:31:49 PM PDT
by
mrustow
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To: xm177e2
Wasn't my creation...I stole it :)
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posted on
04/19/2003 3:18:09 PM PDT
by
FreeperinRATcage
(Tell CNN: NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS!)
To: NewYorker
A Steyn fix! Whew! Just in time, I needed that. Ain't it the truth!
To: lorrainer
The New York Times:"All the News That's Fit To Print Print to Fit" If I'm not mistaken, that should be:
The New York Times: "All the News That's Fit To Print That Fits Our Views"
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posted on
04/19/2003 4:04:46 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: Pokey78
CNN's slogan is "The Most Trusted Name In News", which rings a little hollow now. Agreed.
To: WaterDragon
Once the terms of doing business with Saddam were clear, they should have got out. But CNN willingly conceded the right to report any news for what it saw as the far more valuable right to be allowed to continue to appear as if it were reporting the news.This fits in with the effort of journalism in general to herd together, avoiding flame wars among journalistic outlets. Homogeneity as a substitute for veracity . . . The price is just the same--some things which you know are true, you decline to print for business reasons. IOW, the putative "right to know" is a sham. You don't have a "right to know" anything. You have to filter out the irrelevant and the erroneous, and come to your own (fallible) conclusion. If you have that right, you also have the responsibility to yourself to think for yourself. And the first thing you must do in order to reach an intelligent conclusion is to clear your mind of the propaganda from journalism which cons you to assume that the whole truth is served on a silver platter by popular journalism.
To: Heuristic Hiker
Mark Steyn ping
To: Pokey78
Rent-a-Rev Jesse Jackson, President-for-Life of the Peoples Republic of Himself...Perfect!!
Pokey, I don't always thank you for the pings, but thanks. I always love these columns. War Eagle!! (Just a little spring practice for the fall.)
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Says it all...
Once the terms of doing business with Saddam were clear, they should have got out. But CNN willingly conceded the right to report any news for what it saw as the far more valuable right to be allowed to continue to appear as if it were reporting the news.
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posted on
04/21/2003 6:58:15 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Undeterred, Ms Burk is now threatening to move on from live protests to a campaign of commercial pressure on Augustas corporate associates, like Coca-Cola. "Let's sum it up this way: Round one ended with a protest with placards," she says. "Round two begins with a protest through the pocketbook." If all 40 of her supporters"
The current total of membership for the NOW makes the news far more often than any decent sized Neighborhood Watch Group.
Hmmmm.
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posted on
04/21/2003 7:20:31 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
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