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JF>    Nowadays, most so called journalists only parrot what comes over
JF> the  news wires.  When they go to a scene or situation, most of them
JF> end up sitting in a room copying each other's notes over coffee. Or
JF> they will  stand in front of a camera and spew empty rhetoric for
JF> party hacks to  gobble up.  If you want to get good insights into
JF> controversial issues, you have to go to the right, see what they're
JF> not telling you, to the  left and see what they're not telling you
JF> and in some cases to foreign  news outlets.  Half of the time all
JF> you can do is get as many facts  together as you can and connect the
JF> dots for yourself.
 
-> Would agree, and try to do that.  This sort of so-called
-> journalism suits the bean counters that run the newspapers
-> and other media outlets well too.  IF we're owned by left
-> leaning folks we don't offend them, or their advertisers.
-> IF we're to the right, we don't offend either.  REal
-> journalism might mean that we gore the ox of the big
-> advertiser, or not promote the owners' point of view.
-> 
-> Iow, real journalism is dead, sound the dirge.

  TV news is for simpletons generally.  Usually, they just zoom 
in on what they want, and try to spin it one way or the other.  
Look at the way they're covering townhall meetings.  Seen any 
coverage where they highlighted, discussed, the issue?  They focus 
in on some shouting (as if the left has never been loud and disorderly) 
and try to pass it off as the norm'. The town hall meetings have 
drawn much more attention to the issue than they bargained for.  
That's what's sticking in their craw.  All they can do now is 
attempt to portray the opposition in their usual long nosed manner,
as if there is no concern for the direction the gov, Wall Street, 
AIG, etc is attempting to force on us. 


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