oh we are holding them responsible. you see stands at wal-mart, in grocery stores with newspapers trying to "give away" subscriptions. their circulations are dropping. the newspaper and magazine business is in big trouble. the networks rating have dropped to the point that they too are in trouble as far as their news divisions. they know why, but they will drive theirself into the fround before they'd go back to just being reporters of fact. i used to write them, i got tired of the condecending junk they wrote back. let me paraphrase: dear mr barber thank you for writing. we are sorry that you are a dumbass that does not understand how complex the world is. we know better than you. we are tryiing to effect the public opinion in a way that is best for all of the dumbasses in the country that do not know what is best.
let them go out of business. the quicker the better.
--- On Fri, 7/25/08, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] I heard it with my own two ears!
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 1:43 PM
What does it take to get an editors attention - pure fabrication or plagiarism?
Is there no such thing as journalistic ethics anymore? I know that with the
quick turnaround the electronic media has brought about, fact checking is a
thing of the past, but if Kyle writes letters to the editor (or sends them what
he sent to the list), other readers may pick up the idea and there might be
actual subscription or advertiser repercussions. I'm reminded of the quote:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
write them all you want to, if loss of readers have not changed them your letter is not going to.
--- On Fri, 7/25/08, Peter Hunsberger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Peter Hunsberger <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: I heard it with my own two ears!
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 9:47 AM
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E.
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> <snip/>
>
> > This morning I read Marc Ambinder's account of the
> exchange. He is the
> > associate editor of Atlantic magazine.
>
> [...]
>
> > You hear both parties complain that the media treats
> them unfairly-by
> > what I heard yesterday and read this morning, they
> have a point.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've been involved with very few events that were
> covered by national
> > media, but I've been intimately involved with
> several local news stories
> > over the years and I'm always amazed that the
> media coverage has never
> > presented the "facts" with 100%
> accuracy-particularly from television
> > news, but it's endemic across all local media.
> You would think that
> > national news outlets would hold themselves to a
> higher standard of
> > truth, but that's apparently not the case.
> >
> >
> >
> > We're reaping the fruit of what we've sown:
> "Truth" is no longer
> > objective in the west. "Your 'truth' may
> not be my 'truth'", and, "we
> > create our own reality" are common refrains
> coming out of journalism
> > schools these days. That, is a sad truth.
> >
>
> If no one holds them accountable for reporting the truth
> there may be
> more benefit to reporting what fits their agenda, or the
> agenda of
> whomever they are beholding to. I hope you wrote a letter
> to the
> editor and "cc'd" it to the editors of some
> peer level publications?
>
>
> --
> Peter Hunsberger
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