Comments on: Telepathy Journalism

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:52:31 +0000

The problem, of course, with all of this is that occasionally Dewey wins, and Bob Hope reads in the paper that he's dead.

But those, are easily disproved. Hope, at the time, was still drawing breath. In response he got the issue they know famous and rather hackneyed line about how his demise was exaggerated somewhat. Truman, meanwhile, got to pose with the newspaper falsely announcing his defeat.

Matters of opinion, meanwhile, (you really stunk as a speaker , Obama was really super as a speaker, etc..) are a bit harder to disprove. Thereby, someone three writing such an opinion, is a little harder to call a liar.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:53:13 +0000

Isn't this known as Laphamization?

By: Nightly Ramble: A quick ramble before dissecting the SOTU | BitsBlog

Nightly Ramble: A quick ramble before dissecting the SOTU | BitsBlog — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:03:51 +0000

[...] The voices from the Pit: The Disnosaurs, of course, about ran out of spit with the pre-written toungebath they gave Obama. [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:20:35 +0000

Somehow that doesn't seem to credit them all that highly.

Yes, I know that you find being right highly overrated.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:48 +0000

Somehow that doesn't seem to credit them all that highly.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:48:00 +0000

Or perhaps in both cases, they're trying to create their own reality? Some folks call it 'spin'.

True, but when the reality they create matches the reality observed, that's called being right.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:46:40 +0000

If that was, in fact, prepared ahead of time, then the journalists just might be psychic, for calling the unlikely outcome right before it happened.

Or perhaps in both cases, they're trying to create their own reality? Some folks call it 'spin'.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:09:32 +0000

Well, look; If it's true.. and given the history of the thing I've no doubt is IS true... then why are we not assuming that much of the Dinosaur's comments on Jindal's performance were not similarly pre-written, and slanted?

Because a large part of the criticism was in how Jindal delivered his speech, something they would have no way of knowing before hand. If that was, in fact, prepared ahead of time, then the journalists just might be psychic, for calling the unlikely outcome right before it happened.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:03:41 +0000

Kate McMillan is amused at the AP’s fawning reports on President Obama’s non-State of the Union speech and especially by the fact that they were written before said speech was actually given

Well, look; If it's true.. and given the history of the thing I've no doubt is IS true... then why are we not assuming that much of the Dinosaur's comments on Jindal's performance were not similarly pre-written, and slanted?

By: markm

markm — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:47:57 +0000

It's not totally telepathic journalism. In at least the 6-8pm news slot the talking heads were either talking about what he needs to say or should say...then they were reading from released transcripts of the speech from the W.H..

So it's partial telepathy.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:40:53 +0000

I listened to the speech and its coverage on ABC. I was amused by the need that George S. apparent felt to re-organize the speech and explain it. If it needed explaining, it was a flop.

I didn't think it was a flop; I just thought it wasn't particularly interesting. An SOTU-like laundry list, the appropriate noises.

By: Jindal Flubs Debut

Jindal Flubs Debut — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:39 +0000