Neutral's worse than having a point of view, I think. It gives rise to false equivalency, the idea that there are two equally valid points to every argument. We know, of course, that this is not the case, but I see too often what Jon Stewart railed against when he went on Crossfire years ago.
And yet, that's part of what bothered many about the Stewart/Colbert rally. Showing Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow in the same light as Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly. Do check out Bill Maher's New Rules closing about this. It was really well done. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > It is Monday morning, 9:25 AM ET as I type this. > > I just looked up on my commuter bus to see that CNN is showing as a > news story the Wheel Of Fortune episode from Friday in which a > contestant solved a puzzle off of one filled in letter (plus a letter > not in the puzzle) > > Set aside the argument as how barely this qualifies as news. The video > of the puzzle solve they used was pulled off YouTube. And it wasn't > just any video, it was hand shot by someone holding a camcorder in > front of a screen. > > I've already, within about three seconds, found a better quality video > on YouTube pulled straight from a source file. Plus, I'm sure CBS > Syndication would've been very happy to supply the high quality video > without any problem. But that might've required a phone call, and who > the hell has time for that? > > Over the weekend, I was talking with my stepfather about KO and MSNBC > and all the stuff we've been mentioning around here. And the subject > of CNN being "neutral" came up and how that shows that "neutral" > doesn't work. I said, "I'm subjected to three hours of CNN every > weekday and lemme tell you: it ain't that it's 'neutral,' it's that > it's just awful." > > Thanks to Atlanta for proving my point. > > Joe Hass > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
