tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post7116450317360081081..comments2023-10-28T10:12:35.184-04:00Comments on Big Tent: There is hope for journalism yetStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-79153152593285047472008-09-14T23:13:00.000-04:002008-09-14T23:13:00.000-04:00Interesting idea, Paul. I agree that ABC has a res...Interesting idea, Paul. I agree that ABC has a responsibility not to distort Palin's positions; I'm not sure they have a responsibility to air the complete interview (provided they don't take out pieces which are contextually relevant to Palin's answers).Robert C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583475788321288405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-54780431199768519492008-09-14T10:32:00.000-04:002008-09-14T10:32:00.000-04:00Paul:ABC's job it to garner ratings. If they aired...Paul:<BR/><BR/>ABC's job it to garner ratings. If they aired the entire interview--noboby would watch. Pallin could go on Meet the Press and have an entire hour. Do the backgrounds of journalists and the entire news media (editors, producers, etc) find their way into the news? Yes. I find it amusing when they try to cover Evangelicals. They haBve no clue who or what these people are. As someone Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-38259476699829475282008-09-14T09:11:00.000-04:002008-09-14T09:11:00.000-04:00This is what I was responding to:"They should feel...This is what I was responding to:<BR/><BR/>"They should feel obliged to be intellectually honest -- for example, they should not intentionally misrepresent the positions of those they disagree with."<BR/>They should've found time to broadcast the entire interview. Something as serious as a VP candidate interview should merit more than a chopped up interview. They chose to edit out certain parts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-20671292468497432042008-09-13T21:39:00.000-04:002008-09-13T21:39:00.000-04:00Paul,ABC news is dedicated to electing Obama? Geez...Paul,<BR/><BR/>ABC news is dedicated to electing Obama? Geez. So much of what we read in newspapers and see on newscasts is edited by a series of people working under time constraints and intense pressure--not to elect Democrats--to get viewer ratings. Is there bias in the news? Yes--but it is not the monolithic liberal bias conservatives loooveee to lambast. Network news is so contentless<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-74345616929580254412008-09-13T13:44:00.000-04:002008-09-13T13:44:00.000-04:00or intellectual honesty, for that matterPaulor intellectual honesty, for that matter<BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-199768317053260032008-09-13T13:40:00.000-04:002008-09-13T13:40:00.000-04:00This is pretty unimpeachable evidence right here:h...This is pretty unimpeachable evidence right here:<BR/><BR/>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/13/abc-news-edited-out-key-parts-sarah-palin-interview<BR/><BR/>I don't think ABC can claim that they have a shred of objectivity after this. <BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-50716025771899892912008-09-12T19:47:00.000-04:002008-09-12T19:47:00.000-04:00Hume worked in network news before coming to cable...Hume worked in network news before coming to cable, and as near as I can remember, he seemed to present as much gravitas as his colleagues at NBC do. If there were a network equivalent to NBC that wanted to partner with FOX News, then Hume would be their man, as Brokaw and David Gregory are for NBC. But either he's too satisfied with his role at FOX News or there just isn't a big enough market Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-45629396580100852002008-09-10T19:49:00.000-04:002008-09-10T19:49:00.000-04:00More grist for the mill:http://meganmcardle.theatl...More grist for the mill:<BR/><BR/>http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/media_matters_1.php<BR/><BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-66388661686062157492008-09-10T11:07:00.000-04:002008-09-10T11:07:00.000-04:00Maybe there's no way to eliminate bias, but news n...Maybe there's no way to eliminate bias, but news networks, partisan or not, have certain obligations which are related to objectivity. They should feel obliged to be intellectually honest -- for example, they should not intentionally misrepresent the positions of those they disagree with. <BR/><BR/>And they should represent their own positions honestly as well. The trouble isn't (just) that Fox Robert C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583475788321288405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-6475907157744028372008-09-09T17:57:00.000-04:002008-09-09T17:57:00.000-04:00There is no such thing as fair and unbiased. Bein...There is no such thing as fair and unbiased. Being human we are biased and can not help it. Some do a pretty good job of hiding it, some don't. I kind of agree with Paul about liking partisan news outlets. News papers have been doing it since their beginning. We gravitate towards the outlet that matches our bias. <BR/>If have to get nasty with someone, I just watch MSNBC first to get me in Beinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772155882625596927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-67287633134626172372008-09-08T20:48:00.000-04:002008-09-08T20:48:00.000-04:00I just read another blog on the internets and disc...I just read another blog on the internets and discovered that Foxnews isn't nearly as fair and balanced as it claims. Is this true? What does this mean for America?<BR/><BR/>Randy, An Increasingly Concerned Citizen and Father of FourAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-80862592966408107242008-09-08T16:51:00.000-04:002008-09-08T16:51:00.000-04:00Fair enough, but I disagree. I actually like parti...Fair enough, but I disagree. I actually like partisan news outlets. It's kind of insulting when they try to hide it.<BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-8484386388575740482008-09-08T16:34:00.000-04:002008-09-08T16:34:00.000-04:00Andrea and I call MSNBC the Obama "Boner" network-...Andrea and I call MSNBC the Obama "Boner" network--and Tom's comments are correct about Olbermann and Mathews shamelessness. Let's be honest Paul, FOX is shameless as well (Rupert Murdoch has made billions from this--to his credit) and they don't have a network news side to hold them to some account. I realize that MSNBC ceased to be real news and was/is merely red meat for the partisans--I wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-84546900386612187162008-09-08T14:06:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:06:00.000-04:00Be specific Jeff. What bias do you see at Fox and ...Be specific Jeff. What bias do you see at Fox and how would you correct it? Don't come in here with that weak junk. <BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-40191857437075509652008-09-08T13:17:00.000-04:002008-09-08T13:17:00.000-04:00They should, just as soon as Brit Hume, as an anch...They should, just as soon as Brit Hume, as an anchor, starts leading convention attendees in cheers (like Matthews did, as an anchor) and saying he is sickened by this or that thing that his candidate's opponent said (like Olbermann did, as an anchor).<BR/><BR/>Hume leans right, but do you think he goes that far in his role as an anchorman? I honestly don't watch enough Fox to know.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-65216249853562561192008-09-08T12:25:00.000-04:002008-09-08T12:25:00.000-04:00I am sure Fox will follow MSNBC's lead.JeffI am sure Fox will follow MSNBC's lead.<BR/><BR/>JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com