Comments on: Why is ProPublica Writing Articles for the Washington Post?

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:02:53 +0000

James,
If this is your first time recognizing the MSM is not only in bed with the left, but a very active and willing partner, I don't know what to say. Like reading a North Korean 'news report', you just have to take what they say with a grain of salt.

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:21:14 +0000

Um, please tell me what part of "different" you fail to comprehend.

Oh I comprehend it quite well, thank you...I just find it amusing that when certain people on the left had their bogeyman, they were ridiculed...now some on the right turn around and do the same thing...certainly they can be ridiculed too...

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:19:45 +0000

I simply find it interesting how different groups find different bogeymen

Um, please tell me what part of "different" you fail to comprehend.

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By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:46:03 +0000

Are you dense? The vast majority of traditional media outlets have had the same "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable" mission.

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:26:24 +0000

I dunno...I simply find it interesting how different groups find different bogeymen...certainly you have found yours...

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:00:18 +0000

like the left did with Richard Mellon Scaife...

(Chukle)
So, are you suggesting the bit with RMS was unfounded, then?

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:02:52 +0000

Dig that weed out, and I'm sure you'll find George Soros at the root of it.

Yes, of course, because, after all, he is the root of all evil conspiracies in the world...why, I'll bet he even financed the writing of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion...it's nice that the right has their very own bogeyman just like the left did with Richard Mellon Scaife...

By: floyd

floyd — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:29:48 +0000

"We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong" """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" As if being "strong" were somehow Prima Facia evidence of criminality, deserving of punishment. As generally implemented, the quoted statement is a doctrine of fools, which promotes weakness and harms the whole nation.

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By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:00:07 +0000

Dig that weed out, and I'm sure you'll find George Soros at the root of it.

By: Bill H

Bill H — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:54:25 +0000

Well, back in the days when Thomas Jefferson et al were writing about the importance of a free press, newspapers were all biased in a very open and unabashed manner. That was, in fact, their entire purpose for being. The dissemination of news was entirely secondary. There were many more of them, and they presented divergent views, thereby providing the "public discussion" that was the purpose of a free press. Newspapers that are merely publishing "a man was found dead" stories are not providing a public discussion when they limit opinion to a single page in the second section that nobody ever turns to. Given the fact that most cities now have a single paper, bias is probably a bad thing, but it means that the media's role in public discussion is severly diminished.

By: Duracomm

Duracomm — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:35:34 +0000

The wash post is not the only paper using stories from pro publica. And some of the pro publica stories have been wildly inaccurate. ProPublica's dishonest defense its dishonest article The state of the legacy media is pathetic.

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:19:42 +0000

It has been my experience/opinion that the Washington Post has always been, during my lifetime anyway, mainly a propaganda machine. In this case, they are outsourcing the business just like many other companies are these days. If that is shocking, it is only because the powerful media have fallen so far so fast.