Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-06 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

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In a message dated 07/05/1999 4:53:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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 Secondly, finding Clinton greatly lacking does not mean that a person is a
 Republican and believes the days of Reagan/Bush were wonderful as you keep
 bringing up.  It is just that they were less awful than the current
 administration. 

But that's my point, Amelia.  They weren't.  We just didn't discuss their sex
lives all day long.  I remember being astonished that Reagan took a hard
swing at every one of the four freedoms, and only one other person in the
world seemed to notice.  It was (maybe Raspberry) in an "It's My Turn" in
Newsweek.  I wish I could remember the administration of any president that
was less or more horrible.   They've all been cogs in the machine that is
trying very hard to destroy our Democracy/Republic (what have you).  And our
"ethical, less biased press has been trying in every way to help them along.
Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

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In a message dated 07/04/1999 9:51:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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 Who is telling the lies now? 

Must be Webster.

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

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In a message dated 07/04/1999 10:26:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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 Are you saying Clinton did not lie at that particular time or has not lied
 at all?  I remember his saying that if a score card had been kept, he would
 have gotten a pretty good score because he had told the truth to the
 American people more than he had lied to them.  His own words.  That may be
 just peachy with you but for some of us, it is not good enough.  Some of us
 are against lying all the time. 

I'm against anyone lying at any time.  I'm against anyone fudging the truth
any time.  If you look at the definition of sodomy, you will see that
"technically" Clinton did not lie (at that time).  That seems to be what our
country is now all about.  All politicians seem to lie, and most of them lie
all the time.  It has never been my contention that Clinton is a "good guy."
He's no better than any other politician, and that's where the rub lies.  The
Press has jumped him over and over for the very same thing that every other
president has done, and has acted as though it's a terrible thing because
Clinton did it, but when the others did it, it was just "one of those
things."  It's the sheer hypocrisy that boils me.  It doesn't seem to bother
anyone else.  Clinton's mistress was a sin against humanity, but Bush's was
just a nice lady he knew exceptionally well.  Clinton's possible pot smoking
was the worst thing that ever happened, but Kennedy's was just a little
relaxation.  The firing of Billy Dale was the most heinous act ever
committed, and he was perfectly innocent.  Okay?  But if the people you work
for let you take the funds home and put them into your personal bank account,
then you have a very unusual employer.  I don't personally like Clinton.  As
I said, I'm a Democrat.  I don't think he is.  I just don't see why he should
be held accountable for things that have been winked at and are still being
winked at for everybody else.

Do you remember when he put out the fire in the little girl's hair?  It
happened the first Christmas that he was in office.  He did it quickly and in
a very nice way.  I just happened to be watching television when it happened.
 The Press never said a word about it, and it sure didn't make the papers.
Why, probably because they had already signed the agreement that they would
never say a good word about Clinton.   I guess I do pan the Republicans, but
they're in charge, and it's my right as an American.  Do I prefer Sheila
Jackson Lee to Helen Chenoweth?  I sure do.Do I prefer that someone pays
a little attention to the welfare of children after they have been born (as
well as during gestation); I sure do.  Do I think medical attention for
everyone at a price they can afford is more important than a tax break for
anybody?  I sure do.  Do I believe that people should be paid enough when
they work all day to be able to feed, clothe, and house their families?  I
sure do.   Do I think that the Republicans have been working on getting the
Government off our backs?  No, I don't.  Big corporations can pollute at
will, but if someone decides your money might have some illusive connection
with drugs, they can just take it from you without a word.  The cops didn't
do that in third world countries where I have lived.  Our establishment press
doesn't seem to protect us from that sort of thing at all.  They never take
sides in any issue that really means lasting harm to us.

What's really funny is that now that they've joyously spent eight years
digging into every possible facet of Clinton, publishing Tabloid garbage and
frothing at the mouth over such horrific unknowns as "adultery" in the White
House, they are beginning to say, "Oh, we shouldn't be doing this, let
bygones be bygones."  That because there is an actual photograph out there of
Gov Bush standing on a bar, mooning the crowd.  "We shouldn't discuss things
that happened before."  This because everybody knows that  the guy who has
become their "fair haired boy" was mostly known for being a hard drinking
drug addict.  He says he has been faithful to his wife.  Why should I believe
him?  Not that I care.  It's a business that only counts between him and his
wife.  I really don't have a need to know, but for eight years the press has
been telling me I do.  Jack Kemp wrote a book telling me I have a need to
know and should be "outraged" that such a thing could happen.  So if it has
been so important for eight years--why shouldn't it continue to be important?
 I'm sure the more ethical and less biased press will want to give coverage
equally to Democrats and Republicans.  And I'm sure the ethical and less
biased public will want to be as outraged over Republican behavior as that of
Democrats.  Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread AOL User

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Clinton is a liar, a pervert, an adulterer, a socialist and a failure as a
leader.

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?(fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread day

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 Press has jumped him over and over for the very same thing that every other
 president has done, and has acted as though it's a terrible thing because
 Clinton did it, but when the others did it, it was just "one of those
 things."

Please refresh my memory as to the "other presidents" who lied
under oath, obstructed justice and disgraced the oval office by
being the recipient of a blowjob while talking on the phone about
foreign policy.And, as far as I know, all the "other presidents"
smoked their cigars.

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

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In a message dated 07/05/1999 9:07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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 Clinton is a liar, a pervert, an adulterer, a socialist and a failure as a
 leader. 

But you haven't said whether you like him or not.  Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread AOL User

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"Not" would be the operative word.  Although I think I like Gore alot less.

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Ric Carter

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- Original Message -
From: Prudence L. Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 In a message dated 07/05/1999 9:07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Clinton is a liar, a pervert, an adulterer, a socialist and a
failure as a leader. 

 But you haven't said whether you like him or not.  Prudy

And gosh, for a socialist, he sure has done a lot for his capitalist
masters.  Anyway, the US electorate mostly likes him BECAUSE he's "a
liar, a pervert, an adulterer, a socialist and a failure as a leader."
They wouldn't have him any other way... (la la)  US voters repeatedly
elect lying cocksmen, so we get the gov't we deserve, eh?

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?(fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Ric Carter

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  Press has jumped him over and over for the very same thing that
  every other president has done, and has acted as though it's a
  terrible thing because Clinton did it, but when the others did
  it, it was just "one of those things."

 ...refresh my memory as to the "other presidents" who lied under oath,

Reagan

 obstructed justice and disgraced the oval office

Bush, Reagan, Ford, Nixon

 by being the recipient of a blowjob while talking on the phone

JFK, LBJ

But I wasn't aware that blowjobs were unconstitutional.

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Bob Stokes

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In a message dated 99-07-05 07:46:00 EDT, you write:

 I'm against anyone lying at any time.  I'm against anyone fudging the truth
 any time.  If you look at the definition of sodomy, you will see that
 "technically" Clinton did not lie (at that time). 

sod*omy (noun)

[Middle English, from Old French sodomie, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom; from
the homosexual proclivities of the men of the city in Gen 19:1-11]

First appeared 13th Century

 1 : copulation with a member of the same sex or with an animal

 2 : noncoital and esp. anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite
sex

 -- sod*om*it*ic or sod*om*it*i*cal (adjective)

Seems to me that definition number 2 is sodomy and Clinton is guilty of this
with Monica and dozens of other females, some of which did not do this act
willingly, and some of which are now dead.

 That seems to be what our
 country is now all about.  All politicians seem to lie, and most of them lie
 all the time.  It has never been my contention that Clinton is a "good guy."
 He's no better than any other politician, and that's where the rub lies.  The
 Press has jumped him over and over for the very same thing that every other
 president has done, and has acted as though it's a terrible thing because
 Clinton did it, but when the others did it, it was just "one of those
 things."  It's the sheer hypocrisy that boils me.  It doesn't seem to bother
 anyone else.

 Don't you see that the press is on Clinton's payroll, they work for him.
 They hide his truly despicable behavior behind his sexual escapades.  They
tried to hide the fact that he took campaign contributions (bribes) from the
Red Chinese (our enemy) and in return he gave them super computers, access to
satellite communications, cryptographic information, etc, then he tried to
cover it up ... if this was not wrong why did he try to hide it?  Not only
that, but he has tried to give the Red Chinese a base on US soil.  What about
the files (over 700) some FBI files, some IRS files that was in his
possesion, one person in the Nixon administration went to jail for possesion
of just one file, is Clinton above the law?  Moreover Clinton has reduced the
military to a skeleton force ... Is he setting us up for an attack/invasion
by his Communist buddies in Red China?  And, why did Clinton dishonor this
country by renting out the Lincoln bedroom to people that donated to his
campaign, this person (I wouldn't call him a man) abuses the office of the
President every chance he gets.

  Clinton's mistress was a sin against humanity, but Bush's was
 just a nice lady he knew exceptionally well.  Clinton's possible pot smoking
 was the worst thing that ever happened, but Kennedy's was just a little
 relaxation.  The firing of Billy Dale was the most heinous act ever
 committed, and he was perfectly innocent.  Okay?  But if the people you work
 for let you take the funds home and put them into your personal bank account,
 then you have a very unusual employer.  I don't personally like Clinton.  As
 I said, I'm a Democrat.  I don't think he is.  I just don't see why he should
 be held accountable for things that have been winked at and are still being
 winked at for everybody else.

 Bush didn't have his mistress give him blowjobs in the oval office.
Bush didn't force innumerable females to have sex with him against their
will.  Why is it all the Clintonites have to bring up someone else and change
the subject when the discussion is about their beloved Zipperboy?  You can't
defend him, that's why!  As I remember I challenged the Clinton supporters to
give me five, only five things that he had done that were good for the
country.  The answers I got were "he wasn't a Republican," a pregnacy leave
(one good thing), and silence ... silence because he hasn't done any good in
the 6 1/2 years he's been in office.
  Read, learn, the Republicans and Democrats are the same party, we are a
one party system ... the rich enslaving the poor and the less rich through
the use of corporate empires and highly restrictive government regulations on
the people of this country and small business to further their corporate
empire.  Behind it all is the filthy rich bankers that control our very lives
and control little wimps like Clinton and Bush.  Money talks and these
bankers control the Federal Reserve and issue money only to those corporate
interests that will further their enslavement of the world

 Do you remember when he put out the fire in the little girl's hair?  It
 happened the first Christmas that he was in office.  He did it quickly and in
 a very nice way.  I just happened to be watching television when it happened.
  The Press never said a word about it, and it sure didn't make the papers.
 Why, probably because they had already signed the agreement that they would
 never say a good word about Clinton.

 I didn't see that, I was in Germany at the time where we only had one
channel, the military channel where 

Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Amelia Edgeman

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Prudy,
Clinton would probably be a lot of fun in social situations.  He is
well-spoken and I am sure has very nice manners.  One just has to keep in
mind at all times that most sociopaths do.  Being totally devoid of emotions
except those self-serving can allow them to adapt to every circumstance ala
Ted Bundy.

My only point in getting into this pointless discussion is that the media is
generally accepted as very liberally biased.  They have allowed this
administration to commit horrendous crimes with impunity.

Secondly, finding Clinton greatly lacking does not mean that a person is a
Republican and believes the days of Reagan/Bush were wonderful as you keep
bringing up.  It is just that they were less awful than the current
administration.  We have a leadership crisis in this country and have had
for many years.  It has not been well led with possibly a couple of
exceptions--only possible exceptions--since the depression.  Certainly FDR
in retrospect must look different than he did at the time.

Spin and spin again until the people are so dizzy we do not know what is
happening.  Over and over, the govt is the puppet of the money entities--all
are used by greater powers that span terms in office and national
boundaries.  It is not so simplistic as Democrats are good/Republicans are
Bad.

Amelia

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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] "Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?" (fwd)


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 In a message dated 07/05/1999 9:07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Clinton is a liar, a pervert, an adulterer, a socialist and a failure
as a
  leader. 

 But you haven't said whether you like him or not.  Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Amelia Edgeman

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Well, too bad Clinton did not "put out the fire" in the hair of the little
girls at WACO that his Henchbitch Reno burned to death while spraying them
with a cyanide substance.  Oh, but their mothers were supposed to run
outside (and be shot!) with them, weren't they?  To the "mooning" (keep in
mind this is a religious compound) BATF agents!  Some were shot running out
the back according to recent reports.

Could that be why they decided not to make too much of his heroic efforts
for the cameras?  It begs for the glaring comparison.
Amelia



- Original Message -
From: Bob Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] "Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?" (fwd)


 -Caveat Lector-

 In a message dated 99-07-05 07:46:00 EDT, you write:

  I'm against anyone lying at any time.  I'm against anyone fudging the
truth
  any time.  If you look at the definition of sodomy, you will see that
  "technically" Clinton did not lie (at that time). 

 sod*omy (noun)

 [Middle English, from Old French sodomie, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom;
from
 the homosexual proclivities of the men of the city in Gen 19:1-11]

 First appeared 13th Century

  1 : copulation with a member of the same sex or with an animal

  2 : noncoital and esp. anal or oral copulation with a member of the
opposite
 sex

  -- sod*om*it*ic or sod*om*it*i*cal (adjective)

 Seems to me that definition number 2 is sodomy and Clinton is guilty of
this
 with Monica and dozens of other females, some of which did not do this act
 willingly, and some of which are now dead.

  That seems to be what our
  country is now all about.  All politicians seem to lie, and most of them
lie
  all the time.  It has never been my contention that Clinton is a "good
guy."
  He's no better than any other politician, and that's where the rub lies.
The
  Press has jumped him over and over for the very same thing that every
other
  president has done, and has acted as though it's a terrible thing because
  Clinton did it, but when the others did it, it was just "one of those
  things."  It's the sheer hypocrisy that boils me.  It doesn't seem to
bother
  anyone else.

  Don't you see that the press is on Clinton's payroll, they work for
him.
  They hide his truly despicable behavior behind his sexual escapades.
They
 tried to hide the fact that he took campaign contributions (bribes) from
the
 Red Chinese (our enemy) and in return he gave them super computers, access
to
 satellite communications, cryptographic information, etc, then he tried to
 cover it up ... if this was not wrong why did he try to hide it?  Not only
 that, but he has tried to give the Red Chinese a base on US soil.  What
about
 the files (over 700) some FBI files, some IRS files that was in his
 possesion, one person in the Nixon administration went to jail for
possesion
 of just one file, is Clinton above the law?  Moreover Clinton has reduced
the
 military to a skeleton force ... Is he setting us up for an
attack/invasion
 by his Communist buddies in Red China?  And, why did Clinton dishonor this
 country by renting out the Lincoln bedroom to people that donated to his
 campaign, this person (I wouldn't call him a man) abuses the office of the
 President every chance he gets.

   Clinton's mistress was a sin against humanity, but Bush's was
  just a nice lady he knew exceptionally well.  Clinton's possible pot
smoking
  was the worst thing that ever happened, but Kennedy's was just a little
  relaxation.  The firing of Billy Dale was the most heinous act ever
  committed, and he was perfectly innocent.  Okay?  But if the people you
work
  for let you take the funds home and put them into your personal bank
account,
  then you have a very unusual employer.  I don't personally like Clinton.
As
  I said, I'm a Democrat.  I don't think he is.  I just don't see why he
should
  be held accountable for things that have been winked at and are still
being
  winked at for everybody else.

  Bush didn't have his mistress give him blowjobs in the oval office.
 Bush didn't force innumerable females to have sex with him against their
 will.  Why is it all the Clintonites have to bring up someone else and
change
 the subject when the discussion is about their beloved Zipperboy?  You
can't
 defend him, that's why!  As I remember I challenged the Clinton supporters
to
 give me five, only five things that he had done that were good for the
 country.  The answers I got were "he wasn't a Republican," a pregnacy
leave
 (one good thing), and silence ... silence because he hasn't done any good
in
 the 6 1/2 years he's been in office.
   Read, learn, the Republicans and Democrats are the same party, we
are a
 one party system ... the rich enslaving the poor and the less rich through
 the use of corporate empires and highly restrictive government re

Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-05 Thread Teo One Thousand

 -Caveat Lector-

In a message dated 7/5/99 7:46:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:

 It's the sheer hypocrisy that boils me.

Sorry Prudy, you miss the mark again.  It is not a question of whether it is
hypocrisy, which it clearly is.  But it is now a question of just because we
let the other scum get away with it should we ALSO let Clinton get away with
it too?  As you know I am no fan of Reagan, or Bush or any other politician,
but Clinton should in NO WAY be defended, because the underlying issue should
be when are we as a people going to finally say enough is enough?  Clinton is
scum and is unworthy of the office, no one who came before has anything to do
with how we treat him.  Judge him on his own (de)merits.  IMO, the whole sex
issue is a non-issue and should never have been delved into in such
ridiculous ways (as I've already stated before, if he was screwing his dog on
his off duty hours that's his business and none of mine), the fact that it
may have interfered with his doing his job is important, but it is a lesser
issue than the other crap he has done or allowed to happen while in office.
The fact that Bush got away with something, and Reagan got away with
something, or that the press is biased, or the "right wingers" are in control
have nothing to do with the issue of President Clinton and judging his
actions while in office and making a determination as to his fitness.  Just
because Bush did it and got away with it unscathed is no reason to LET IT
CONTINUE with Clinton.  Hey maybe Bush killed someone sometime (he might have
had a hand in the Kennedy assassination after all), and he got away with it.
I guess that means that if Clinton did the same thing we should just let him
go, because it would be hypocrisy to go after him when no one raised a stink
over Bush's actions?  I guess it would just be stupid to all of the sudden
decide: "Hey! We got laws how about we hold the President accountable to
them?"  I guess we should NEVER finally wake up and say enough is enough huh?
 We should just judge everyone based on how they judged Reagan.  Reagan was
old and had Alzheimer's so just cover up and forget all the crap he allowed
to happen under his watch.  Same for Clinton, and everyone else who comes to
office in the future.  No more hypocrisy for me.  They're ALL innocent and
should just be left alone.  Or are we just using this standard for Democrats
who are elected President?
Teo1000

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-04 Thread Amelia Edgeman

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Perhaps the Republicans got the idea to make such a big deal out of every
little thing from the Democrats' handling of the Watergate Investigation.
One of Nixon's staff went to prison for having a single FBI file in his
possession.  Not nearly enough has been made of the 1000+ that just appeared
in the White House under current administration.  I think I would prefer
Watergate to Chinagate any day  Now there is a subject I want to know more
about.

I doubt that every little thing has been brought out concerning Clinton's
sexual activities.  Granted, a bit graphic on the one known to have occurred
in the Oval Office involving a very young intern.  It would appear that  may
have been the least of his wrong-doings.  Was information from the 1000 FBI
files given to Larry Flynnt to blackmail all members of congress as
suggested?  Just what were they doing with those files?  I think Clinton got
off extremely lightly on that and apparently everything else he has done.
At least Nixon has the decency to resign.

Amelia


- Original Message -
From: Prudence L. Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] "Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?" (fwd)


 -Caveat Lector-

 In a message dated 07/03/1999 3:41:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  According to the survey, nearly two-thirds of the public thinks
  the press should not be allowed to probe the private lives of
  public officials. And shrinking numbers of respondents think the
  news media should be allowed to endorse political candidates,
  report government secrets or use hidden cameras. 

 I must belong to the other third.  I didn't think it was right for the
press
 to dig out every sex act that Clinton ever got a chance at, but now that
they
 have set the  precedent, I want them to continue.  I want to know
everything
 about everyone.  Until the Republicans told me (over, and over, and over,
and
 again over) how important it was that I know that any candidate for the
 presidency of the United States had experience with illegal drugs, had a
 mistress (how much he paid his mistress), what the mistress thought of
him,
 had sex outside of marriage, and if and how he might have been in the
armed
 services, I didn't realize how important it was that I have full detail on
 these matters.  I want it all.  I want to know if he sassed a teacher in
 fourth grade.   Let's see.  Now looking for ethics in the press is a
really
 tough job, but we do have Ivins and Hightower.   Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-04 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

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In a message dated 07/04/1999 4:19:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Perhaps the Republicans got the idea to make such a big deal out of every
 little thing from the Democrats' handling of the Watergate Investigation.
 One of Nixon's staff went to prison for having a single FBI file in his
 possession.  Not nearly enough has been made of the 1000+ that just appeared
 in the White House under current administration.  I think I would prefer
 Watergate to Chinagate any day  Now there is a subject I want to know more
 about. 

Bringing up Democrats and Watergate seems an odd challenge to the Press and
Clinton matter.  I happened to be rather fond of old Nixon, and I guess I'm a
Democrat.  Sometimes I'm not sure.  Still it was Nixon's own party that
brought him down.  Bob Woodward is as conservative as anyone can get.  His
family were conservatives before him.  The cub reporter everyone pretends
Woodward is never existed.  He was a briefing officer at the White House when
he decided to give up his Navy commission and join the Washington Post.  He
was hired immediately although he was really not a good writer and had no
experience as a journalist for a major newspaper.  He was a Yale grad, just
like the Bush guys, and while he didn't make Skull and Bones, he was taken
into Book and Snake which is almost as choice.  He's the guy who took Nixon
out, and he is not now nor has he ever been a Democrat.  Nixon made some
great strides in protecting the environment.  Lots of Democrats I knew really
liked him.  It was his own party that took him out when he mutinied against
his controllers.  Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-04 Thread Amelia Edgeman

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My point was not Woodward, but the press in general--media at large, so to
speak.  TO this day, the name Nixon=crook, cover-up, scandal, etc.  The man
was driven out of office for his sins while Clinton is on TV shaking his
finger in our faces while lying and nothing happens to him.  I, too, liked
Nixon for getting us out of VietNam if nothing else.  My point is that the
Democrats use the media every bit as well if not better than the
Republicans. Unless something drastic has happened that I have failed to
notice, the last polls I saw stated that the media (TV reporters/major
newspaper and magazine writers) were something like 80% liberal in their
actual voting.  I cannot bring the survey to mind but if needed could find
it.  With this sort of "friends" doing the bulk of reporting, I find an
almost consistent liberal/Democratic party bias to the news.  Newt Gingrich
was thoroughly vilified in the press in every conceivable manner.

I think there was a choice made--charge Clinton on the sex thing or the
China thing and the sex thing was chosen as the far lesser of the two.  A
conspiracy within a conspiracy but Starr has his own China connections to
worry about becoming too public.  I my lifetime I he never seen a more
morally bankrupt administration--not even close.  Yet, the have remain the
media darlings and get very little negative coverage.  Some of the things
such as Clinton's Russia Tour would have been made much of before his
election if it had not been for this blanket of protection afforded him
personally and most Democrats/liberals in general.

That's what I think and that's what I know.  :)
Amelia
- Original Message -
From: Prudence L. Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] "Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?" (fwd)


 -Caveat Lector-

 In a message dated 07/04/1999 4:19:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Perhaps the Republicans got the idea to make such a big deal out of
every
  little thing from the Democrats' handling of the Watergate Investigation.
  One of Nixon's staff went to prison for having a single FBI file in his
  possession.  Not nearly enough has been made of the 1000+ that just
appeared
  in the White House under current administration.  I think I would prefer
  Watergate to Chinagate any day  Now there is a subject I want to know
more
  about. 

 Bringing up Democrats and Watergate seems an odd challenge to the Press
and
 Clinton matter.  I happened to be rather fond of old Nixon, and I guess
I'm a
 Democrat.  Sometimes I'm not sure.  Still it was Nixon's own party that
 brought him down.  Bob Woodward is as conservative as anyone can get.  His
 family were conservatives before him.  The cub reporter everyone pretends
 Woodward is never existed.  He was a briefing officer at the White House
when
 he decided to give up his Navy commission and join the Washington Post.
He
 was hired immediately although he was really not a good writer and had no
 experience as a journalist for a major newspaper.  He was a Yale grad,
just
 like the Bush guys, and while he didn't make Skull and Bones, he was taken
 into Book and Snake which is almost as choice.  He's the guy who took
Nixon
 out, and he is not now nor has he ever been a Democrat.  Nixon made some
 great strides in protecting the environment.  Lots of Democrats I knew
really
 liked him.  It was his own party that took him out when he mutinied
against
 his controllers.  Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-04 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

 -Caveat Lector-

In a message dated 07/04/1999 5:41:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 My point was not Woodward, but the press in general--media at large, so to
 speak.  TO this day, the name Nixon=crook, cover-up, scandal, etc.  The man
 was driven out of office for his sins while Clinton is on TV shaking his
 finger in our faces while lying and nothing happens to him 

Nixon's sin was in refusing to heed the directions of his managers - the THEY
we always hear of and speak of.  I've never known why they made such a big
deal of it in the press, except they ALWAYS heed the directions of their
managers.

This may surprise you, but Clinton didn't actually lie.  I thought he did,
until an old country preacher called C-SPAN and spoke just a few lines.  I
don't think the old guy was a Clinton supporter, and neither Brian Lamb or
his guest of the day understood what the old man said.  I did, and I almost
fell off the couch.  Remember all that talk of definitions?  Well all the old
man said after he identified his profession in an ancient and creaky voice
was, "You know, the Bible makes it very clear in both Genesis and (I can't
remember the other name) that there is a big difference between sex and
sodomy.  I went into my office and looked up "sodomy."   He was right, and
technically Clinton did not lie.  Prudy

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-04 Thread Bob Stokes

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In a message dated 99-07-04 19:42:25 EDT, you write:

 This may surprise you, but Clinton didn't actually lie.  I thought he did,
 until an old country preacher called C-SPAN and spoke just a few lines.  I
 don't think the old guy was a Clinton supporter, and neither Brian Lamb or
 his guest of the day understood what the old man said.  I did, and I almost
 fell off the couch.  Remember all that talk of definitions?  Well all the old
 man said after he identified his profession in an ancient and creaky voice
 was, "You know, the Bible makes it very clear in both Genesis and (I can't
 remember the other name) that there is a big difference between sex and
 sodomy.  I went into my office and looked up "sodomy."   He was right, and
 technically Clinton did not lie.  Prudy 

Who is telling the lies now?

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Re: [CTRL] Press is more ethical and less biased than ever? (fwd)

1999-07-04 Thread Amelia Edgeman

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Prudy,
Are you saying Clinton did not lie at that particular time or has not lied
at all?  I remember his saying that if a score card had been kept, he would
have gotten a pretty good score because he had told the truth to the
American people more than he had lied to them.  His own words.  That may be
just peachy with you but for some of us, it is not good enough.  Some of us
are against lying all the time.

My son works for the govt in DC (sad sign) and his girlfriend was not to
be in his apartment unattended.  They cannot get married until her security
clearance is final.  I do not discuss his work (I do not ask and he does not
tell) because he is given a polygraph test routinely.  If he had married the
girl before security clearance was through he could have gone to jail!  So
why is the Leader of the Free World entitled to more privacy than this
peon-level kid of mine?

You get in about 20 free pot shots at the Republicans before anybody says
anything, Prudy.  How many do you feel you are entitled to have?
Amelia
PS  When you have to get that technical over lie/truth, you have lost the
meaning of the question anyway.  Depends on how you define "is."  Guess he
would have carried on with not having sex with Monica if Hillary followed by
the entire press corps had entered the room, huh?
- Original Message -
From: Prudence L. Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] "Press is more ethical and less biased than ever?" (fwd)


 -Caveat Lector-

 In a message dated 07/04/1999 5:41:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  My point was not Woodward, but the press in general--media at large, so
to
  speak.  TO this day, the name Nixon=crook, cover-up, scandal, etc.  The
man
  was driven out of office for his sins while Clinton is on TV shaking his
  finger in our faces while lying and nothing happens to him 

 Nixon's sin was in refusing to heed the directions of his managers - the
THEY
 we always hear of and speak of.  I've never known why they made such a big
 deal of it in the press, except they ALWAYS heed the directions of their
 managers.

 This may surprise you, but Clinton didn't actually lie.  I thought he did,
 until an old country preacher called C-SPAN and spoke just a few lines.  I
 don't think the old guy was a Clinton supporter, and neither Brian Lamb or
 his guest of the day understood what the old man said.  I did, and I
almost
 fell off the couch.  Remember all that talk of definitions?  Well all the
old
 man said after he identified his profession in an ancient and creaky voice
 was, "You know, the Bible makes it very clear in both Genesis and (I can't
 remember the other name) that there is a big difference between sex and
 sodomy.  I went into my office and looked up "sodomy."   He was right, and
 technically Clinton did not lie.  Prudy

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1999-07-03 Thread MICHAEL SPITZER

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"We The People" are so ignorant it hurts.


-- Forwarded message --
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 22:59:37 -0400
From: Jay A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Press is more ethical and less biased ?



  Paulson says that in fact, the press is more ethical and less
biased than ever.


07/02/99- Updated 03:53 PM ET

Poll: Less support for freedom of the press

By Tony Mauro, USA TODAY

ARLINGTON, Va. - On the eve of the Fourth of July weekend, a new
nationwide opinion poll shows a sharp erosion of public support
for press freedom and an unchanged level of enthusiasm for
outlawing desecration of the American flag.

The poll, released Friday by the Freedom Forum, a pro-First
Amendment foundation, indicates that 53% of respondents think the
press has too much freedom in this country, up from 38% in 1997.

Seventy-four percent of respondents think people should not be
allowed to burn the American flag, but only 51% think the
Constitution should be

amended to prohibit it, up 2 percentage points from 1997.

The telephone poll of 1,001 adults in February and March has a
sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points.

According to the survey, nearly two-thirds of the public thinks
the press should not be allowed to probe the private lives of
public officials. And shrinking numbers of respondents think the
news media should be allowed to endorse political candidates,
report government secrets or use hidden cameras.

"Freedom of the press has been synonymous in the public's mind
for the last two years with Monica and Bill and Princess Di and
Marv Albert," says Ken Paulson of the Freedom Forum's First
Amendment Center. "It's time for the best qualities of American
journalism to come to the fore."

Paulson says that in fact, the press is more ethical and less
biased than ever. "There's a great disconnect here."

Media lawyer Bruce Sanford, author of Don't Shoot the Messenger,
a new book on public attitudes toward the media, says, "The
public is so angry at the media these days that we are beginning
to blind ourselves to the biggest threat, which is not the media
but government regulation."

The news media have brought much of the criticism on themselves,
conservative columnist Armstrong Williams says. "The face of
American journalism has changed from that of a stony-faced,
dispassionate anchor to two sides screaming at each other." He
said the press has lost its image as a champion of the people.

The poll found a few bright spots for the media, however. The
percentage of those who think that Internet speech enjoys the
same protection as the printed press went up from 56% two years
ago to 64%. Support for broadcast coverage of courts including
the Supreme Court also rose, compared with 1997.

On religious freedom, also guaranteed by the First Amendment,
nearly two-thirds of respondents said public school teachers
should be allowed to lead prayers in school.

Many people polled showed little knowledge about First Amendment
freedoms. Forty-nine percent could not name any of the rights
guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Once reminded that it protects freedom of the press, speech,
religion, assembly and petition, two-thirds of respondents said
the First Amendment does not go too far.

"A poll like this shows the worst of the problems of the First
Amendment," said Carole Shields of the liberal organization
People for the American Way. "But when people really consider
these issues, we come out OK."


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1999-07-03 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn

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 According to the survey, nearly two-thirds of the public thinks
 the press should not be allowed to probe the private lives of
 public officials. And shrinking numbers of respondents think the
 news media should be allowed to endorse political candidates,
 report government secrets or use hidden cameras. 

I must belong to the other third.  I didn't think it was right for the press
to dig out every sex act that Clinton ever got a chance at, but now that they
have set the  precedent, I want them to continue.  I want to know everything
about everyone.  Until the Republicans told me (over, and over, and over, and
again over) how important it was that I know that any candidate for the
presidency of the United States had experience with illegal drugs, had a
mistress (how much he paid his mistress), what the mistress thought of him,
had sex outside of marriage, and if and how he might have been in the armed
services, I didn't realize how important it was that I have full detail on
these matters.  I want it all.  I want to know if he sassed a teacher in
fourth grade.   Let's see.  Now looking for ethics in the press is a really
tough job, but we do have Ivins and Hightower.   Prudy

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