Ok, i'm gonna take you to task here Grussy....... > > The concept that the media should be reporting "good things" about > Iraq is asinine. Anybody remember the old Journalism rule of thumb > about what's news?
The news media should report "good things", when those good things are news worthy. Are you telling me there is NOTHING good in Iraq that is news worthy? > > Dog bites man: not news. Man bites dog: news. The whole point is > that journalists are in the business of reporting interesting content > - not "good stuff". What if that man is some guy named "Iraq", and the media's job is to report on the daily life of "Iraq"? Shouldn't both the fact that Iraq got bit by a dog, and then retaliated, be news worthy....not just the latter? > > What makes the "no good stuff" argument even more ridiculous in this > case is that it's the government that's conducting the war and they > have a virtual open pipe to "the media". The job of reporting good > stuff is for the Whitehouse and The military public relations offices > - it's not up to reporters to seek that out. A reporter's top job is > to question and oppose the government. Question, yes, oppose, no. I've never agreed with your contention that the press should actively try to oppose the government in every aspect. THAT, to me, seems ridiculous. Report the truth. > > And even further there's now multiple "news" outlets that specialize > in not only forwarding, but expanding, the government's content. Or > creating their own! I know - CRAZY! Journalists creating content to > SUPPORT the government? Holy crap! But, they include: Fox News, Rush > Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, amongst others. Why is that any more ludicrous than a "news" outlet specifically designed to oppose the government? They are both reporting "facts", right? One always good, one always bad. It's a ridiculous way for me to have to get the truth. > > Then there's CSPAN. And the Internet. > > What's the implication here? That we're supposed to feel sorry for > the government because they can't get their message of good hope out? > Or is the truth that the government is frustrated because the majority > of the population doesn't believe their propaganda? Wait. So when the newspapers are reporting all the bad stuff.....it's news. But when the government is reporting all the good stuff.....it's propaganda? Can't have it both ways man. Which is it? > > I'd say it's the latter and I'd say the autocrats pushing this garbage > would like nothing better than to control the media so the public > would ONLY get their version. Just like Bill O'Reilly who'll have Fox > Security give you "a little call" if you mention a name he doesn't > like. > You seem to think the best way for the media to fight is to refuse to report ANYTHING good about the government or it's policies. I think the best way for the media to fight this movement is to continue reporting the truth, bad or good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200772 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
