> The press doing something stupid to sell papers? I don't believe it. Running something that gets your editor fired and gets your papers boycotted isn't necessarily in your best interest, even with the publicity it brings.
> > Isn't that just par for the course? Whether it is Fox news running > images of these riots, or Al-Jezeera running images of a bombed mosque > in Iraq, or the 700 club showing images of gays at Disneyworld, this > is pretty standard fare. I guess it's par for the course for institutions that don't bother to even mask their bias. A newspaper should be about news. I know it's a seemingly outdated concept, but we should at least TRY to hold them to a standard. > > The person I actually think I feel the worst for is the immam from > Denmark that brought the images to Egypt. Did anyone else see the > interview on the Dan Abrams show? > > He said (and I tend to believe him, as he seemed angry and betrayed) > that he brought the images to Egypt to talk the general situation over > with scholars at the university there to get their opinion on what he > could do politically to get the Danish government to try to stop such > things (as his political attempts had failed to that point). It was > not his intention to ever have the images spread or reprinted. He > included the other images (not published in the paper) in the examples > he brought to show that it wasn't a one-time incident, but a pattern. > Unfortunately, the people he met with took the images and the story > and ran with it. What has happened was not at all what he intended, > and he regrets all that has transpired since then. He said that when > he moved to Denmark (he said "the EU"), he readily agreed to accept > the culture that was in place, including a free press and handling > problems using available mechanisms (including political pressure, > lawsuits, economic pressure and your own press) I hadn't heard anything about this. That is "fascinatingly sad", to invent another new phrase. > > I actually do buy it is not all about freedom of the press. It is all > about an excuse by extremists to throw a hissy-fit. > Extremists don't need much of an excuse. And throwing a hissy fit would be fine.....throwing firebombs isn't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196703 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
