No more charging at the New York Times as of midnight tonight.
Thanks NYT!
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Tag Archives: Journalism
Qui Tacet Consentit
It means silence implies consent. It’s also one of the more articulate and important blog posts I’ve read in a little while.
It’s an article that is questioning why Dick Cheney is able to continually profane the Constitution with his actions and why the media is hardly mentioning it.
More constitutional shenanigans, but that’s not really the point of the blog post. The real point is that while this happens, very few places are talking much about it because they are so busy with other key topics. Paris, the slain pregnant woman and the Iphone are all at the top of the list. Silence is approval. If our journalists don’t challenge this kind of overreaching behavior (again) from the Vice President, well no wonder they are trying to dis bloggers all the time.
Oh Ralpie…..
CNN is not news. I cite the following example.
Twice, Anderson Cooper let him say it twice.
Ralph Reed was on CNN tonight and
he said,
‘same tired discredited liberal agenda of higher taxes, government run health care, abortion on demand, cut and run in Iraq, a retreat rather than a foward strategy in the war on terrorism…….’
and again said,
‘ not going to respond to a liberal , big government, abortion on demand agenda’
He was criticizing the Dems for going religious.
Wow, that’s a lot of hate for someone that claims to love God so much.
Live and let live Ralpie. I’m not thrilled that religion is dominating the conversation but apparently people need to hear about it. This has been a wedge issue and he’s probably upset that there is an attempt to redefine the space of ‘abortion on demand, big government wussies.’
How is this ‘news I can trust’? Isn’t that what they say? Sigh.
Reminder for the day (week, month, year…..)
I guess what I’m trying to say is that this is something that should be remembered.
From Cluetrain Manifesto
“
You are human
‘Scary isn’t it? Good. You ought to be scared. That’s a realistic reaction. You want comfort? Invent your own. Exhilaration and joy are also in order. But face the facts: the tracks end at the edge of the jungle.”
“
Thanks to Bill Maher.
I want to thank Bill Maher for the broadcast of his show, Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday. He is always interesting, funny and controversial. These are given attributes that I can depend on him to fulfill. The episode Friday really hit home for me more than usual though. He presented the notion that there is just as much ‘zealotry’ (not his word) on the left as the right. He brought up the example about the president of Harvard. He essentially lost his job because he brought up the question about women and biology and other stuff. The point is he raised legitimate scientific questions and the left reacted as harshly as the right.
This is not helping. We need to keep the floor open for discussion. I guess that’s not the stuff of good sound bites, but it’s what we should be talking about. So thank you Bill Maher for talking about it.
An example of this open debate in action: I disagree with things Bill Maher says. I respect his right to different opinions.
That’s all we’re talking about. We need tolerance and conversation people. To quote the cliche of cliche’s, ‘Why can’t we all just get along……?’
It’s not the bloggers that are the problem
I subscribe to the New York Times “Today’s Headlines” email.
I saw this headline today, “
CBS Replaces Its News Chief; Sports Executive Is Successor
By JACQUES STEINBERG
The replacement was the latest shake-up for a news
organization damaged by a discredited broadcast and
struggling to stem viewer defections.”
and I thought…..these are the people complaining about the bloggers? These are the people questioning the information we put out?
I know it’s not just CBS. There is a systemic problem that all media broadcast companies have. ‘If it bleeds it leads….”. Maybe they thought the sports guy would be able to find more blood.
