np. it was a link worth looking at critically. I love actual, reasoned criticism of the press. its not like it is hard to find bad, bad, bad examples.
keep posting them, I think it is a discussion worth having. who watches the watchers who watch the watchers? looks like that is our job. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:59 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > I posted on Geller's site about this. Usually they have pretty well > sourced stuff so I just assumed it was so. > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:39 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, actually you're right. >> >> I posted quickly and without really checking it out. Also didn't notice >> that it was World Net Daily, which is horrible. >> >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Wow, could that article and headline differ from the actual content any >>> more? >>> >>> "sharia"? can you say "out of your mind"? >>> >>> a) the "media" showed this whole discussion. >>> b) the host allowed the main woman to speak >>> c) they brought on a "dissenting" view (idiot Harvard professor, a >>> "divinity" prof, not a media person.) who "held the opposite view" >>> >>> The overall discussion I though was decent journalism by the host >>> (who, thankfully, has been obviously working on her speech >>> impediment), critically dissecting the original authors assertions in >>> the article, and allowing the original author to back up her arguments >>> (which I think she did well). >>> >>> I don't see anywhere in this piece where the "fourth estate" silenced >>> her, or suggested she shouldnt have published. The opposite, in fact. >>> without the tv piece, I would never have known of her OR her arguments >>> (which ALSO are part of the fourth estate)" >>> >>> unlike the "writer" who wrote the piece you linked to, all 5 lines of >>> original content, which was ALL rhetoric and polemic, with no >>> substance what so ever. >>> >>> Bad writing, bad reading comprehension. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Our forth estate at work ladies and gentlemen. >>> > >>> > http://networkedblogs.com/xYRGo >>> > >>> > >>> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351300 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
