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To: jeffc
My "problem" is that overreactions and conspiracy theories actually hurt our credibility and drown out the legitimate and compelling objections to 0bama and the other libtards. Imagine some person, skeptical about Obama, who comes here and sees some inane post drawing invalid conclusions based on faulty logic - the lead article in Breaking News, I might add - and they'll leave without ever seeing any of the truly compelling articles.

If you actually go back and read my post in its entirety, you will see I was quite clear that I wasn't defending the times and that I thought they were biased (first sentence of the post). I also said EVEN IF HE IS A REPORTER, the fact that the guy made a Facebook post doesn't prove anything about the times.

Where do you work? Do your posts here reflect the opinion of your employer?

24 posted on 10/31/2008 7:57:41 PM PDT by Scutter
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To: Scutter

You’re missing the point. He is a reporter. Check the NYT website. And he is obviously extremely biased. That’s the point of this. The NYT harassed McCain too by sending an email to his youngest daughter through Facebook. Look it up. There is no conspiracy theory here. Just facts. The left harasses the right by any means possible.

Sometimes the truth (i.e. crack and ACORN) is unpalatable. Deal with it.


27 posted on 10/31/2008 8:12:50 PM PDT by vadum
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To: Scutter
My "problem" is that overreactions and conspiracy theories actually hurt our credibility and drown out the legitimate and compelling objections to 0bama and the other libtards. Imagine some person, skeptical about Obama, who comes here and sees some inane post drawing invalid conclusions based on faulty logic - the lead article in Breaking News, I might add - and they'll leave without ever seeing any of the truly compelling articles. If you actually go back and read my post in its entirety, you will see I was quite clear that I wasn't defending the times and that I thought they were biased (first sentence of the post). I also said EVEN IF HE IS A REPORTER, the fact that the guy made a Facebook post doesn't prove anything about the times. Where do you work? Do your posts here reflect the opinion of your employer?

Where I work and what I do is of no concern of yours. My employer is not in the business of attempting to influence people to think and believe a certain way, like the Times is.
Just as a salesperson is a representative of the company they work for, so is a reporter, and therefore a reflection of that company's philosophy.
I agree with you about people's overreactions to a single source of info, instead of doing the intelligent thing, and doing a little digging themselves, but what can you do - liberals and their ilk can only hold one thought in their head at a time, hence their ability to have opposing beliefs (belief in free speech, but shouting down those who don't agree - and calling that their free speech right!).

Mitchell is a bona fide Times reporter, and whether or not he was on "company time" when he sent the email to Valum is irrelevant; As a reporter for the Times, he always represents the Times, just as Brit Hume "represents" FOX news channel, and the libs would surely jump on him and FOX if Brit sent a similar email to someone.

35 posted on 11/01/2008 7:45:21 AM PDT by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, he-he, ho-ho!)
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