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- From: "Don Rua" <rua AT mindspring.com>
- To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Fw: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 03:25:13 -0400
There's something about the comments on this thread
that brought questions to mind:
Summary assertion: The 'republican controlled'
media is de-legitimizing journalism by labeling it "the liberal
media".
Q: If the media is republican controlled,
why wouldn't they label themselves as objective. Why trash what they
own?
Q: Or, if the 'republican controlled
media" is just a small percentage of media, how is it that their voice can be
heard over the majority? Why wouldn't the majority of media voices effectively
earn our respect by doing good work objectively, at a much greater volume than a
minority group? Are the republican voices just smarter?
Q: Thirdly, it seems as if these assertions assume
the masses are ignorant, and can't tell opinion from logic. I guess with Bush in
office, liberals on this list would say EXACTLY!, but then what do you say when
Clinton or Kennedy is in office? Do the masses become smart only when your party
is in office?
Q: If people admit that there are 'right wing'
media outlets doing all this nasty business, isn't it a bit naive to assume that
all of the other media outlets are objective? I
think that there are too many examples of liberal media bias to say the label is
the fault of republican strategy. I don't need a 'cue' from the right to know
that Maureen Dowd is liberal, or to question why the media still puts Carvel on
screen, etc. I don't see any paper's editorial boards writing that abortion is
horrible and should be overturned, so where's the right-wing
domination?
By the way, for the past three months I have been
working in news rooms while I hunt for a product marketing position in my area.
I run production teams that put out several papers, and work with 5
editors-in-chief. While they all try very hard to make sure they don't APPEAR
biased (all employees are forbidden to have political bumber stickers on their
cars), I hear their true comments in the newsroom. They share their
frustrations, exasperations, and political thoughts freely as they are banging
out stories or looking over letters to the editor. There is NO objective media
as far as I can tell, as they are all human and subject to what grabs their
attention as 'newsworthy'. They try, on the whole, to be honest and fair, but
they don't go looking for stories that conflict with their beliefs, and they run
fast after those that align with their beliefs.
Don
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L
, (continued)
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
James Dasher, 09/09/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L, Sil Greene, 09/09/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L, Michael Best, 09/10/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L, Thomas, 09/09/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
James Dasher, 09/10/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
Thomas, 09/10/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
Michael Czeiszperger, 09/10/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L (and polls), Ian Meyer, 09/11/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
David Minton, 09/11/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L, Ian Meyer, 09/11/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
Michael Czeiszperger, 09/10/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
Thomas, 09/10/2004
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Fw: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
Don Rua, 09/19/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media,
Michael Czeiszperger, 09/19/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media, Rowland Smith, 09/19/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media,
Tom Boucher, 09/19/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media, matusiak, 09/19/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media,
Lee Haslup, 09/19/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media, burnett, 09/19/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media, Shea Tisdale, 09/20/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media, Tony Spencer, 09/19/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] Republican controlled media,
Michael Czeiszperger, 09/19/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] A-Dubya-O-L,
James Dasher, 09/09/2004
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