Joe Fields
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Fri Jul-17-09 10:50 PM
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| A sad and damnable irony... |
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At the same time that the benchmark of journalistic integrity passes, a federal court announces that that it is not against the law for FOX news to distort and misrepresent the news.
We have fallen off a cliff.
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| Avalux
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Fri Jul-17-09 10:52 PM
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| 1. Cronkrite believed, above all else, in objectivity. |
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He tried to report without allowing his own emotions or politics to seep in. Ironic indeed.
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| CaliforniaPeggy
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Fri Jul-17-09 10:52 PM
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| 2. And we are just now realizing it. |
| paulsby
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Fri Jul-17-09 11:15 PM
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| 3. it has never been (to my knowledge) |
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against the law for any news company to distort or misrepresent the news. heck, study the history of journalism. cronkite was a frigging treasure. and i doubt he would agree that news agencies should be prosecuted for distortions. that would make govt. the arbiter of what news coverage was and wasn't distorted. how scary is THAT?
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| Spazito
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Fri Jul-17-09 11:18 PM
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| 4. You are quite right otherwise William Randolph Herst and his newspapers... |
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would not have lasted long.
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| misanthrope
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:08 AM
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| 5. My favorite irony of the night was watching the CNN talking head... |
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...break the Cronkite news and discuss it while pics of Michael Jackson and the other pop culture distractions flashed on the background behind her.
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