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from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2006-11-04 13:47:06
subject: Re: Military Times to call for Rumsfeld resignation Monday !!!

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I usually blame the disconnect between my fingers and my brain - but a
loose flying keyboard sounds much better 


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:454ce09a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I confess, my keyboard was flying loosely last night! Sorry if I was too
>strident. I'm sure there is a wide variety of opinions among our troops as
>there should be. As I recall though, the stats show a very healthy
>percentage do vote Rep.
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:454ccf3e{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Mark seems to do that with everything he disagrees with .
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:454cc02d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I don't disagree with that. My disagreement with Mark was the automatic
>>>toss out of the entire story with the MSM excuse equating it to leftist
>>>talking points.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the Army has changed since my day but to think  ( as many
>>> neocons seem to do ) that grunts are automatically in lock step with the
>>> decisions of their  officers/CIC is absurd.  < never could
keep in step
>>>  >
>>>
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:454cbbd4{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Merely pointing out that Gannet owns the Times.
>>>>
>>>> I think that when push comes to shove the owner will control the
>>>> product. Editors who go against the orders of the owners
won't remain
>>>> long. I do not know if that is the case here or not. I
really doubt the
>>>> owner's are pushing that story .
>>>>
>>>> I subscribed to the Marine Times for several years,
Overall I thought
>>>> it was a good publication and would trust any of the
Military times far
>>>> more than Mark's MSM on military related news.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Lewis
>>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>>>> news:454ca760$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> The editor of the Military Times is Robert Hodierne
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.asbpe.org/asbpeCF/archives_members_only/2003/07082003army_time
s.htm
>>>>> If you start editing your newspaper on the basis of
what everybody who
>>>>> is affected by the story wants published or not
published, you're in
>>>>> an untenable situation. We understood that a picture
like that could
>>>>> increase the grief of the family but there was a larger issue at
>>>>> stake: portraying war and all of its horror. If you're
going to cover
>>>>> an event and tell the truth, you have to tell the good and bad.
>>>>> Pictures are one way you tell stories.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you think ethics differ for trade journalism vs. consumer
>>>>> journalism?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hodierne: If you want to be in the publishing business
in the long
>>>>> haul, you will be stronger if you are perceived as honest,
>>>>> independent, fair and accurate. Sometimes that means
you're going to
>>>>> write stories that will aggravate important people in your
>>>>> constituencies. You have to be prepared to weather
that. If you're in
>>>>> an insurance trade, and you find out one company has
been doing shady
>>>>> accounting, you need to write about it. Become
indispensable as the
>>>>> honest broker in your field. If you find some
insurance company that
>>>>> does something exemplary, it has more impact if you
write critically
>>>>> versus only flattering pieces.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.hodierne.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> "Robert G Lewis"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:454c2899$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> They do own the Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force Times.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:454c2414$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> So that's the spin you are giving it - Gannett
controls editorials
>>>>>>> for the military times?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Mark" 
wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:454c1fb4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:454c1c1e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>> Ah Yes - now that the Military Times
opposes Bush in one area it
>>>>>>>>> is a mish-mosh of leftist talking points - GMAB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No Rich, not at all. I don't care what
Gannett says about
>>>>>>>> anything --  favoring my point of view or not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It's called reality Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gannett News Service is reality to you?
Not to me. >>>>>>> though, was, and remains, that leftists
often point to "military"
>>>>>>>> publications with an intent to mislead
their audience into
>>>>>>>> believing that same publications are
somehow related to the
>>>>>>>> government/military when they know that is
so much bullshit>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Will the Bush adherents  now ask for a
paper burning at all
>>>>>>>>> military bases?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I doubt it, Bush adherents are for
capitalism, Gannett publishes as
>>>>>>>> a capitalist company to make a profit, why
would anyone for freedom
>>>>>>>> want to burn their papers? Rather, let
them do their thing, only a
>>>>>>>> fool would not be able to see through a
biased piece. >>>>>>> consistently disappointed in elections
because they want so badly
>>>>>>>> to believe what the papers tell them, even
as they know in their
>>>>>>>> heart of hearts that what they're reading
is false>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>

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