Well in that case Larry, your statement about Journalistic integrity is off base. Sean Hannity and his ilk are not journalists, they are commentators, they express opinions, and need to be taken as that. I could site several cases where the NY Times made egregious statements about conservative causes that have been proved wrong, and there was no retraction.
However off base the numbers were in the stone article, obviously there are people who "bug chase" and that should bother you, no matter how small the number is. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Re: debunking the rolling stone bug-hunter article > Didn't say the stone, but the conservative commentators who picked it > up so fast. Another case even more egregious was the accusations by > the Washington Times last year that wildlife biologists were faking > data, when all it turned out to be was their sending test samples for > validation. Even though it was shown how incorrect the article was, > and that the validation procedures had been standard for years, there > was never any retraction. the story was picked up by a variety of > conservative republican commentators and ranted on, even after it was > shown to be a thoroughly bogus story. there have been other such > incidents as well. I just find that there is a very fundamental lack > of honesty on their part that occurs all too frequently. Its as if > they have decided that the truth is useful only if it serves to > advance the cause, otherwise prevarications serve much better. > > larry > > >Funny I don't consider rolling stone do be a conservative media outlet > >Larry. But you must feel the need to label it as conservative so you can > >continue to demonize the right. Last time I checked, most of the media had > >a left leaning bias. Maybe with the exception of Fox News, which gives equal > >airtime to both sides of an argument. Something you won't find on the > >network news. > > > > > > > >> Unfortunately the conservative media has a habit of doing this all to > >> regularly. Hey who cares for journalistic integrity (or for any sort > >> of integrity for that matter) when it serves to advance their > >> particular causes. Such fundamental dishonesty gets very disgusting. > >> For their cause even the truth becomes a casualty. > >> > >> larry > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Larry C. Lyons > >> > >> ======================================================== > >> Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. > >> ======================================================== > >> Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
