Posted on 08/07/2006 12:22:12 PM PDT by spkpls4
The War’s Media Fall-Out From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Mon, 2006-08-07 19:16
A quote from Helen Szamuely on EuReferendum, 7 August 2006 (http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/08/what-we-are-up-against.html)
What we are dealing with is not one news agency having a rogue photographer and incompetent editors who then try to cover their backs but a canker that has eaten into almost the entire MSM or, at least, its English language parts.
There are various reasons here, I think. One is the bias that is no longer seen as bias. The MSM tends to lean to the left and takes up all left-wing causes with gusto. This goes even for the supposedly right-wing publications like the Daily Telegraph.
They have all reached a stage when they no longer even understand that they are biased but assume that their own bias is the objective point of view. It is those who depart from it who are weird. We have seen this on matters European, on the reporting of American politics and society and, above all, the Middle East.
[...] Journalists became the ultimate arbiters of opinion and political mores. They could question any one; undermine any one; destroy any reputation. There was no higher court of public opinion. Not until a few years ago when the bloggers appeared and started doing to the media what it had done to politicians and others. My guess is that many of the journalists in question are still in shock and cover it by their grand, condescending, self-approbation.
What we are dealing with is not one news agency having a rogue photographer and incompetent editors who then try to cover their backs but a canker that has eaten into almost the entire MSM or, at least, its English language parts.There are various reasons here, I think. One is the bias that is no longer seen as bias. The MSM tends to lean to the left and takes up all left-wing causes with gusto. This goes even for the supposedly right-wing publications like the Daily Telegraph.
They have all reached a stage when they no longer even understand that they are biased but assume that their own bias is the objective point of view. It is those who depart from it who are weird. We have seen this on matters European, on the reporting of American politics and society and, above all, the Middle East.
[...] Journalists became the ultimate arbiters of opinion and political mores. They could question any one; undermine any one; destroy any reputation. There was no higher court of public opinion.
How can it continue? To me, it's like saying "Ken Lay has a lot of experience, why don't we hire him to oversee our branch in Asia?"
Sometimes, allowing another chance is not a good strategy.
The link doesn't work.
'bout time!!!!!
we have put up with crap for far too long!!!!!!!
Is anyone keeping a list?
Ping me pls.
Olmert’s Moment
By John E. Carey
Inside Lebanon—There is no government here. Nobody with which to make peace.
That is where Condi Rice, the President of the United States, John Bolton and one John Carey disagree.
I am going to tell the Prime Minister of Israel to also disagree with the President of the United States. The "peace plan" the U.S. offers is only paper. It changes nothing.
Unless the peace is full, enforceable and verifiable the Israelis should still choose war. Israel is winning and Israel holds all the cards just now.
This is Israel's choice.
Israel wants Hezbollah off its back. And Hezbollah has shown it has missiles that can pierce into Israel 42 miles and more. Killing Israelis indiscriminately
Israel may need a "buffer" into Hezbollahland some 42 miles. And international peacemakers with real muscle to enforce order. To keep peace. To prevent further missile launches and indiscriminate killing of Israelis.
You cannot make peace without sides. You cannot make peace without peacekeepers. There is only one side for peace here: Israel.
The other side is less defined: but it is clearly evil, Hezbollah and a rag-tag assembly of people that call themselves the government of Lebanon. It may also include Syria and Iran.
They are all evil.
The President of the United States says “there is a way forward and the choice is theirs.”
Wrong.
The choice is now Israel’s. In fact, the choice is Mr. Ehud Olmert’s.
The President says there is a two state process between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Wrong.
All the “parties” except Israel want the Israelis pushed into the sea.
Tonight I stand in Lebanon. But in fact I stand with Israel.
There seems to be an echo here.
Did you get this story over one of those old fashioned transatlantic cables?
Worked for me...
Oh, I suspect that the canker is even more advanced in the Freanch and German language parts.
My tagline, that I've used for a year, says it all.
no, my mistake in posting the title. Hey, it's getting late over here in Belgium!
More like they are collaborating with our enemies!
They are truly the ENEMEDIA!
You may want to start a new thread with your post, since it seems to be off topic. But I will make one comment: before you condemn Pres. Bush, Condi, and Bolton, consider that they may be doing what's called "diplomacy" - in this case, a huge time-waster which may be intended to give Israel more time to accomplish what it needs to while showing that the US can also do the solemn and meaningless head-nodding routine so cherished by the DUmmies, EUroweenies and UNnecessarians.
It's to the point where when the media, print, tv, journalists, and cable open their mouths, it's a lie.
He's dead, Jim. ;-)
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