tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12938924.post112491438407885647..comments2023-05-05T05:26:31.876-04:00Comments on Howmanyfingers: And here it comes....the backlashJBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17838349868229069605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12938924.post-1125007002059133142005-08-25T17:56:00.000-04:002005-08-25T17:56:00.000-04:00Good points -- and if you have inside, real experi...Good points -- and if you have inside, real experience with the types of people writing the stories, then you're miles beyond the conservative types I crankily alluded to. <BR/><BR/>You're right -- it will be interesting to see if the other side gets covered with any frequency or sympathy... Sorry to say my hunch is: I doubt it.<BR/><BR/>The juice and human interest angle drove this... These stories write themselves... In that sense, I can accept your laziness theory.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10045574449178156605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12938924.post-1124998362569977362005-08-25T15:32:00.000-04:002005-08-25T15:32:00.000-04:00Well, I'll be honest, Nate -- while I wear my cons...Well, I'll be honest, Nate -- while I wear my conservative cred proudly, my views on how the press is handling this are based on my 20 years of experience working for and with the media.<BR/><BR/>Just look at the raw tonnage of stories on this, and the obvious sympathetic slant to them and you get the picture pretty quickly. I will be curious to see if there is an equal number of stories on the anti-Sheehan protests that are growing around the country with as much empathy.<BR/><BR/>Could be, as I mentioned -- cuz reporters love nothing more than a foodfight. As kids, they were the ones who can over to you on the playground and said "That kid over there said you're an *sshole."<BR/><BR/>We'd like to think that most reporters play it down the middle and work diligently to get their facts straight, but the facts are otherwise.<BR/><BR/>Many are just plain lazy and will be more than happy to tilt a story to their point of view, which in most cases is to the left.<BR/><BR/>An exceptionally short atttention span doesn't help. And ultimately, many reporters just don't mind getting rolled as long as the story is juicy enough.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading. And for your observations of my J-bass -- it is a beaut.JBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838349868229069605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12938924.post-1124941106470533092005-08-24T23:38:00.000-04:002005-08-24T23:38:00.000-04:00There are a lot of reasons to disagree with Sheeha...There are a lot of reasons to disagree with Sheehan, but the liberal media support she's supposedly getting is a ways down the list. Check out Christopher HItchens' take: http://slate.msn.com/id/2124788/ Like him or not, his command of English alone is worth the trip.<BR/><BR/>I'm no blazing liberal - well, maybe a faintly flickering liberal...but conservatives who continually beat the "liberal media" horse commit the same error as the libs who blame everything on Halliburton, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>Given the "watchdog" nature of the "The Fourth Estate" of journalism and the relative novelty...historically and globally speaking...of a free press, why do we express surprise whe news reports are suspicious of the establishment? It's a little like deriding policemen for having a do-gooder complex.<BR/><BR/>[p.s. - sorry I'm bombarding your blog all of a sudden. The Jazz Bass picture on Instapundit drew me in.]Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10045574449178156605noreply@blogger.com