“So many people among us are seeking out their point-of-view, they’re not seeking out different points-of-view,” Gregory said. “They’re seeking out their own point-of-view and that leads to more judgment.”
What an asshole...
Posted on 06/13/2008 7:54:44 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
“Why shouldn’t people know the person who is reporting on [President George W.] Bush, say – didn’t like Bush?” Telushkin asked.
Gregory responded by saying that knowledge, not the journalist’s ideology, would “slant their coverage” and people should be assured journalists abide by governing principles, even if they’re not explicitly stated.
...Bill Clinton was in attendance and was photographed with Wright. However, Gregory declined to use it.
“I stopped,” Gregory said. “I had just come from my study session and said, ‘No, that would be oppressive to remind Bill Clinton of his past on my program. And so, I elected not to play that sound byte because I wanted to, you know, try to take a little high ground.”
According to Jewish Law, it is a sin discredit or say negative thing about a person, even if they are true, a sin called lashon ha-ra. Gregory said using that for his show would have compromised those religious and moral guidelines.
Gregory also discussed the rise of other competing media. He told the audience the expansion of the new media – talk radio, 24-hour cable news channels and the Internet – had been bad for society.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessandmedia.org ...
and he violated the hin-bin-shin or whatever in the same sentence.
Actually, they do, and they do so exactly in the same way that Rush does, or Mark Levin does, to use your examples. Every time they speak, every time they report, they betray their allegiances. Everyone does; it's only human---Robert Heinlein's professional witnesses were only fiction creations, after all.The real way the mainstream media buffaloed America is by convincing them---i.e., us---that they were objective in the first place. When we bought into this fantasy, the die was cast.
“A lie is not a lie until you get caught.”
But doesn’t the public have the right to know? What hypocritical BS!
“So many people among us are seeking out their point-of-view, they’re not seeking out different points-of-view,” Gregory said. “They’re seeking out their own point-of-view and that leads to more judgment.”
What an asshole...
Clearly drunk.”
- Imus
Now...Now....THAT's JUDGEMENTAL!
The amazing part is that they think "we" don't know!
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