A Secret the Media Kept

The Washington Post ^ | 7/21/06 | Michael J. Berlin

[Mind-numbed Robot]

It's also useful to recall that the Drive By Media had the Monica Lewinsky story for at least a year and sat on it until Drudge blew the lid off.

In '79 there was another liberal Democrat president so the common denominator is ...... ?? The press loves liberal Democrats and hates Republicans.

[Turbopilot]

Keep in mind that back in '79 the press was mainly focused on covering for the Soviets and the rest of the international Communists. It wasn't until years later that Islamofascists popped up on the radar as a new anti-American threat for the MSM to pander to and appease.

[carumba]

Turn your head to the right.

[marktwain]

"The Canada-hostage story proves that reporters and news organizations can be trusted, en masse, to make the right call on security information they uncover."

"Only when there's a Democrat in the White House."

Nailed it. If Bush were a Democrat, the MSM would be on our side in this war. Just look at their coverage during Kosovo, which had far less justification, than Iraq and was absolutely illegal via our longstanding NATO agreements.

[Beckwith]

But the main offender, now, is not some blogger or counterculture types who just have access to newswires, but the NY Times.

More correctly, Pinch Sulzberger and Bill Keller.

One decides policy, the other, the news.

[ClaireSolt]

Good point.

[ncountylee]

Wonder if there has been another example in the last 27 years?

[bmwcyle]

I am not impressed.

[Psycho_Bunny]

The Canada-hostage story proves that reporters and news organizations can be trusted, en masse, to make the right call on security information they uncover. And neither Iranian officials nor Iranian news media got wind of it.

A single result does not prove a fact.  For something to be a fact, it must be provable every time.

 In today's journalism world, I fear that some blogger or counterculture ideologue using journalism as a political tool rather than as a mechanism for dispensing straight information, would make the wrong call. I hope I'm wrong about that.

You already reached the wrong conclusion upon which your entire article was based so there's no reason to think you're correct about this.

Journalists.  Are they all stupid?

[rightazrain]

"Wonder if there has been another example in the last 27 years?"

Yeah, my thoughts too. They had to dig pretty deep for an example.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Journalists. Are they all stupid?

Most are. I remember when President Bush made his surprise visit to Baghdad some one posted alluding to it on FR.

It was yanked so fast there weren't even any skid mark. Not because they were threatened but because it was the right thing to do. The thread was restored later when it was safe.

As a scoop for FR it was beyond belief and clearly showed how a large group of amateurs can beat the professionals. But it was yanked. Because the management here at FR are Pro-USA and our people's safety trumps scooping the MSN by a mile.