Old media on Iraq: Good news not newsworthy

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
No.

Yes....Yes....Yes....

[Pink Spider]

The corporate media is all tabloid B.S. Right, left, middle or below.

[steve]

...I'll agree that the NY Times and LA times lean left...to a degree.

But there is a difference between occasional biased reporting or a bad apple (Mr. Blair - WHO WAS FIRED)...vs. a sea of propoganda.

Unfortunately, I read the Washington Times just about every day...so I am a pretty knowedgable about it, I think...I try to keep an open mind, but after seeing it so many times, I think the thing is worse than a tabloid...it's akin to a cult.

Tabloidish papers like the NY post will at least use stuff like exclamation points in their banner headlines...in a subtle way of undermine their own credibility. Whereas the W Times uses the subtler tactic of simply not reporting anything about news that might reveal a liberal has done something correct. There is no debate inthe paper...they simply just do not report one side of the news.

It goes beyond the news as well...there is not one single liberal-leaning opinion columnist in the paper, not any on the editorial staff.

Whereas, the Washington Post's opinion columnists are about 50%/50%...you've got Krauthammer, George F. Will, Robert Novak, regular articles by Rumsfeld and Rice, etc...there are no such counter voices in the W Times.

Every single news story besides the one main front page banner headline - every single day - is a Republlican Party talking point in disguise...not some of the headlines, every single one.

[vanzilla]

Originally posted by Warham
The NY Times has about the same credibility as the National Enquirer, but at least the NE isn't skewed to the left.

Yeh, those guys need more reporters like Jeff Gannon to get the job done.

[fe_lung]

Originally posted by vanzilla
Yeh, those guys need more reporters like Jeff Gannon to get the job done.

I hear that he can get a lot of things done for a couple hundred an hour.....

[vanzilla]

Originally posted by fe_lung
I hear that he can get a lot of things done for a couple hundred an hour.....

Taxpayer money of course.

Boy it got awfully quiet in here didn't it.

[vanzilla]

::Crickets chirping:

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by vanzilla
::Crickets chirping:

My ass cheeks used to make that sound while I was cycling and they rubbed together. They quit it after I got another seat.

[LoungeMachine]

Amazing.

You plan ths war BEFORE even being elected, you control the whitehouse, senate, and house, and yet STILL blame the media for your obvious fuckups.

Funny considering you also pay "media" to shill your agenda, and plant "softball throwing" male escorts in the WH press room.

I'd ask you if you need a tissue but I'm sure you're well supplied.

[vanzilla]

Thank you Lounge.