Reply #2: K&R your post PP. No I will never "trust" the Bee after [View All]

[omega minimo]

"This is the same Capital of California daily paper that editorialized on Nov. 6, 2004-- demonizing, ridiculing and blacklisting anyone who raised the legitimate concerns about the electoral debacle of Nov. 2, 2004."

Maybe in their twisted minds, this big pop under the masthead is "balanced":

JUDGE
BLASTS
WIRETAP
POLICY
But legal experts say
White House likely
to prevail on appeal





The dismissiveness of that second bit is infuriating, not only because of the editorializing, bias and TOTALLY PHONY AND IMPOSSIBLE PREDICTION contained within it........... but the fact that it takes potential readers on a 15 word journey that leads to "Fuhgeddaboudit." Why worry, be happy!! :puke:

As many times as Dems agonize over When The Hell Will People Wake Up, here is a front-page double dose of Soma. And 2 people I talked to yesterday-- one who leans Repub Lite and another hardline Repub that I respect enough to have some integrity that I wanna know what he's thinking about this-- BOTH of them already had picked up the Dittohead meme that the law is malleable (and they're not gonna attach particular significance to this judge's decision) depending on what the Supreme Court will uphold (or not)!!!!!!!

When did the U.S. laws and the Constitution go from "living" to "relativistic"?

And we didn't even GET to the part of the conversation where the SC in question is now rigged with Bushco and Unitary Executive enablers!


:smoke:



Compared to the Bee's disgusting display, the Chronicle approach seems more even-toned:

Judge's rejection
of Bush wiretaps
is just 1st round

"...But the ruling by U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of Detroit is one of a mounting series of judicial rebuffs of President Bush's claim of virtually absolute authority, as the leader of the nation's battle against terrorism, to redraw the boundaries between government power and individual rights."

"There are no hereditary kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution,'' Taylor said in finding that the administration's wiretapping violates an array of constitutional rights and a 1978 law requiring court warrants for electronic surveillance related to terrorism or espionage."

Is anyone in Euphemedia reminding the public that the 1978 law was in response to the illegal and kingly activities of Richard Nixon, or that Cheney and Rummy both worked for him?


My expectations of M$M are realistically low, but the Bee astounds with its irresponsible manipulation of public perception.

Thanks PP for your great reply.