Posted on 02/19/2006 9:05:55 AM PST by Jefflg
Be good for the Seattle gurus to get in synch with the people in the MidAtlantic on the matter.
Don't bother waiting for a reply: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002808522_abuse16.html
Yet, the liberal MSM (except for Fox and a few local newspapers) in this country have collectively decided that intimidation DOES work-- and that "capitulation and appeasement" is the proper way to deal with a bully. Go figure.
Dear Editor:
Who knew? All this time I've been writing, boycotting, organizing peaceful protests, etc - when all I really needed to do was launch few molotov cocktails. Thanks for the tip.
And never let the truth stand in the way of "journalism".
The Seattle Times cartoon for Wednesday, January 11, 2006:
And a free market means that readers who aren't seeing/getting what they want - because of the 'sensibilities' of a certain, 'motivated' few - means they can tell you to go pound sand up your @$$ and starve to death for lack of subscribers.
Newspapers originally came into being to inform the masses; but not at the discomfiture of the several (as is apparently your position) - you will never get 100% acceptance of an article, and you demonstrably show material offensive to the many because otherwise a few will cry "censorship", so I put it to you: explain why you do the reverse in THIS case, or be justifiably considered the $h¡† that most think you are.
Yet they have decdied that 'capitulation and appeasement' is the way to go here. Amazing.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/22/1082616264208.html
Last weekend, a newspaper in Seattle, Washington, published a rare photograph of coffins containing the bodies of American soldiers killed in the war in Iraq.
...
The editor of The Seattle Times, Mike Fancher, said he decided to publish the photograph on the front page because it was "undeniably newsworthy".
The paper's managing editor, David Boardman, told Editor and Publisher this week that "we weren't attempting to convey any sort of political message". Referring to the military ban on photographs of coffins, he said: "The Administration cannot tell us what we can and cannot publish."
When Muslims come up with more demands, will the Times think twice about yielding? After all, this was just about free speech. No big deal.
Awesome!
I guess American troops have no feelings because the
Old Press seems to have no problems demeaning them with the Abu Graib photos; ditto for Christians with their Piss Christ
endorsement. Can anyone spell hypocrisy without the MSM smack dab in the middle of it?
"We here at the Seattle Times would be happy to pay the dhimmi tax in order to be left to alone, praise Allah. But we don't know where to mail the check."
I wonder if they will refuse to print any letters to the editor that disagree with this decision. Or that challenge their sincerity. After all, we can't have the kiddies reading letters that advocate hate speech or hurt the feelings of journalists.
I think we're in a war and I should be able to say, "Kill the enemy." Instead, I shouldn't even look at a cartoon?
Yellow Journalism by yellow journalists.
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