Re: Fifty-six Deceits in Fahrenheit 911

From: Mark Fergerson (nunya_at_biz.ness)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:15:58 -0700

Ken Smith wrote:

> In article <Cs5Uc.56737$Oi.4271@fed1read04>,
> Mark Fergerson <nunya@biz.ness> wrote:
>
>>Ken Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>>No, 87% of the press "says" they are liberal. If you admit that their
>>>reporting is bias, you also have to admit that their reporting of their
>>>bias must be biased. So this is a case of you selectively believing them
>>>when they happen to say something that matches your preconcieved notions.
>>
>> I don't follow your logic.

> Lets try a little exercise:

<irrelevance snipped>

   Please, let's not play "all crows are black" games.

> Now back to the subject at hand.
>
> Mark believes that news people don't report the truth.

   When did I say that? The closest I can recall saying is that they
report selectively in order to support their agendas.

> Mark believes that 87% of new people claim to be liberal.
>
> Should Mark believe that 87% of news people are liberal?

   Sigh.

>>>People are more comfortable when their cherished notions are confirmed.
>>
>> I've noticed that. Which cherished notions do _you_ have
>>confirmed on CNN and MSNBC?

> I tend to aboid MSNBC because their reports are so untrust worthy that a
> dart board is about as good. I'm not suggesting bias. I'm suggest just
> plain lack of fact checking and stupid errors.
>
> CNN is only a little better and they do confirm the cherished notion that
> "those who can do, those who can't teach, those who can't do either work
> at McDonalds adn those who can't get McDonalds jobs do research for CNN".

   OK, you _are_ sane.

>>>(1)
>>>They have trouble getting on the air because of the right wing bias.
>>
>> AM radio was a very small segment of the "news media"
>>until the Conservatives took it over. So what?

> I disagree with both the "took it over" and "Conservatives". The AM dial
> is dominated by right wing nut cases. They are not Conservatives.

   Let's see; you're saying that self-declared Conservatives are
actually RWNCs, but self-declared Liberal reporters are objective.
Didn't Orwell cover this?

   Mark L. Fergerson

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