Where is the connection between the two???danmand said:Ohhhh Please, give us a break. Focus your mind on the killing and devastation in IRAQ instead of ethics in journalism.
The connection is that one is trivial, while the other is criminal.langeweile said:Where is the connection between the two???
You could easily say..let's focus on the death of the Tsunami instead of Iraq??This wouldn't make any sense either.
Which people would that be??yychobbyist said:It always amazes me that people would get more upset by a journalists who failed to follow procedure than by politicians who blatantly lie to them and who only listen to that advice which is in keeping with their pre-determined ideas about the way the world works.
I wasn't specifically referring to you Langeweile but it's not difficult to turn to a US news program these days - especially on cable -and hear pundits railing on at the evils of CBS while at the same time defending certain lying polticians. And, in response to your last comment I'd say this: Journalists making mistakes? No...really?langeweile said:Which people would that be??
I you refering to me, than you are dead wrong. I posted the link as a follow up to a pre-election discussion on media bias. i just couldn't find the thread anymore.
Politicians lying? NO......really?
yychobbyist said:I wasn't specifically referring to you Langeweile but it's not difficult to turn to a US news program these days - especially on cable -and hear pundits railing on at the evils of CBS while at the same time defending certain lying polticians. And, in response to your last comment I'd say this: Journalists making mistakes? No...really?
Perspective from the National Review???????? LOLonthebottom said:A wee bit of perspective on our boy Dan....
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/morse200409150552.asp
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I know, I feel the same way about the NY Times and the Guardian. Read the article, it's pretty interesting.danmand said:Perspective from the National Review???????? LOL
Count me out, sir, I have no high expectations of any journalists.onthebottom said:Replace CBS with FOX in this story and imagine the moral outrage from YYC, DQ, Danmand......
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Then you're very likely not to be disappointed.danmand said:Count me out, sir, I have no high expectations of any journalists.