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- From: "Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>
- To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 01:16:58 -0400
James Dasher wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2004, at 1:42 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:
>
> >> Add to that, his wife
> >> Pauline Cameron
> >> works for or has worked for the Bush campaign. And even all this isn't
> >> enough for Fox News to sideline him or fire him.
> >
> > When did working for a campaign become grounds for firing?
> >
> > Paul Begala currently works for the Kerry campaign AND is employeed by
> > CNN.
> > James Carville currently works for the Kerry campaign AND is employeed
> > by
> > CNN.
And Paul Begala is the co-host of Crossfire with Carville. Where according
to the CNN site "Begala and co-host James Carville provide insight and
commentary "from the left," as they square off against conservatives Robert
Novak and Tucker Carlson."
They are presented as being biased and therefore I have no problem with it.
>
> I think the real sin is that Carl Cameron's WIFE may have worked for or
> might currently work for a political campaign.
>
> Since James Carville's wife doesn't work for the Kerry campaign, I
> think that means he's not biased.
Actually James Carville's wife, Mary Matalin, worked for the Bush campaign
and served as an assistant to Bush and advisor to Cheney.
>
> Feh.
>
> Anyways, I know it won't go over well here, but there are two things
> worth noting about news media:
>
> 1) This sounds like a pool report gone bad. Pool reports have gone out
> as news stories before people - editors, etc. - catch them. And the
> reporter can sometimes look bad when things the reporter might say to a
> colleague suddenly get seen by hundreds (or thousands, or more) people.
Actually he claims it was a joke that somehow got out.
>
> 2) Reporters married to politicians and political activists? Say it
> ain't so! Next time you read an AP story or a Reuters story, Google
> the byline and try to find out what the spouse does. You can't always
> find the information, but more times than not, you'll find that the
> spouse is politically active. Sort of makes you pause when you read
> those "unbiased" news reports.
>
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>
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Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again
, (continued)
- Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, James Dasher, 10/07/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Sil Greene, 10/07/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, James Dasher, 10/07/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Shea Tisdale, 10/07/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Tony Spencer, 10/07/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Shea Tisdale, 10/07/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Ian Meyer, 10/07/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Shea Tisdale, 10/08/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, James Dasher, 10/07/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, James Dasher, 10/07/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Shea Tisdale, 10/08/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Fox News at it yet again, Evan Zimmerman, 10/08/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Searching Production/Video Hardware Studio, James Dasher, 10/07/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] Searching Production/Video Hardware Studio, Edward Wesolowski, 10/07/2004
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