oh come on. I am not sure what I think of Chavez -- he definitely never makes my morning paper. But it troubles me that this is how the war in Iraq started. First there were news stories about how evil he was and then next thing you know the world was going to be safer with a regime change and fewer WMDs.
So I googled Venezuala and Chavez and I found: The U.S. press' clearly biased selection of independent analysts is disabling U.S. readers from considering alternative perspectives so as to form their own informed opinions about Venezuela. By relying overwhelmingly on independent analysts who oppose Venezuela's government, U.S. newspapers are subjectively propagating particular political opinions while disarticulating those of others. Given that independent analysts of Venezuelan politics are rarely impartial, a truly balanced journalistic approach would require that correspondents compensate for their quotations of anti-government analysts with a roughly equivalent number of citations of independent analysts who sympathize with the government. In the absence of balanced sourcing, U.S. newspapers are essentially violating the code of ethics of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, which clearly states that "sound practice...demands a clear distinction for the reader between news reports and opinion." http://www.counterpunch.org/delacour06012005.html Which is, yes, in a leftist site... but does not do much to dispel my impression that there is a lot of emotion and little actual analysis in this thread. hmm. Dana On 1/6/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, it seems that we as a whole have much less money than the Pres and > Congress. I think I'm going to run on the slogan: > > "Vote for Broke!" > > -Matt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:58 PM > Subject: RE: Gel's perception of Americans > > > > Honestly, yes I do more so than our President and Congress does. > > > > Scott A. Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > GNSI > > 11820 Parklawn Dr > > Rockville, MD 20852 > > (301) 770-9610 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:55 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Gel's perception of Americans > > > > I've already responded to this point in my previous reply. > > > > But, do you really think that the people on this list represent > > 'Average' Americans? > > > > n 1/6/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> More to the point. You're basing your perception of the people of a > > country > >> based on their leader... it's a wrong way to go about it... especially > > when > >> you've been exposed to a pretty decent cross section of Americans on this > >> list. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190948 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
