Besides don't we have anything better to do on a Saturday night then debate??? ----- 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
