Re: Gullible Journalists

2003-02-04 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Tyler Durden wrote: For some reason I've never been able to fathom, many journalists seem to be remarkably gullable, when they're told something from the right kind of source, especially a government agency or other official source. Chomsky (dig around on http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm) and

Re: Gullible Journalists

2003-02-04 Thread Michael Motyka
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : John Kelsey wrote... For some reason I've never been able to fathom, many journalists seem to be remarkably gullable, when they're told something from the right kind of source, especially a government agency or other official source. The net effect

Re: Gullible Journalists

2003-02-04 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:59:58AM -0800, Michael Motyka wrote: The net effect is that by and large journalists have become a cheerleading squad when what is needed is a vigorous and independent critical facility. That is if we are to retain some degree of the of, by and for philosophy. Maybe

Re: Gullible Journalists

2003-02-03 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 09:31:35AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I'm exagerating for effect here of course...there's possibly not as much conscious decision making, and supposedly this kind of list-making happens for much quieter, insider stuff (not smart bomb footage). But clearly, there's