Press can't let abuse story go

[barracuda]

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040520-115221-2362r.htm

Accounts and graphic photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse persist in the press despite the fact that the story has run its course.

    The world already knows salient details of the prisoner humiliation and nudity, the causes of the abuse are under official investigation, and the courts-martial have begun. Yet, the caterwaul in the press against the American military and the war in Iraq continue.

The liberal media's SOP - if it hurts Bush - run it, if it helps Bush, hide it.

[Guest LadyC]

just out of curiousity.... are any of the other networks giving more than a passing mention to the fact that the first courtmartial has been completed, and the guy got the maximum penalty for his crime despite his "deal" for leniency in exchange for testifying against the others?

[barracuda]

Given that I don't watch much of network of mainstream news at all, I can only say that Good Morning America was all focused on the abuse story this morning. They were going to interview some general, and all they talked about was how bad the scandal was for....blah blah blah.

They are like a freaking broken record. My wife turns that crap on in the morning and I am forced to watch 10 minutes of it while I get ready for work.

Personally, seeing Diane Sawyer every morning is enough to make you want to go back to bed and sleep it off. Can she plaster any more eyelash stuff on? HIDEOUS!!!! :oww: :wac: :upsided:

[barracuda]

Stop fooling yourselves and trying to fool others. There is no "liberal media".

I've got a Bachelors of Science in Broadcast Production from Florida International University. I spent four years of college studying the broadcast media and how it works.

If you don't think that there is a liberal slant to the media then you have been living under a rock in Afghanistan somewhere.

Read the article I started this thread with, and if that isn't good enough for starters then try the following links on for size...

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/dennisp...p20040518.shtml

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/joelmow...m20040518.shtml

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/joelmow...m20040517.shtml

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomass...s20040518.shtml

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomass...s20040519.shtml

Yeah, they are all from Townhall, but the research is undisputed, and the facts don't lie.

I could give you a thousand other sources, quotes, commentary, etc. I could also go to the Media Research Center and cite source after source of liberal left wing bias in the media.

FACT - 85% of all media personel are registered democrats.

Next time you are going to post a rebuttal to a factual article maybe you ought to come with a little more then just your opinion in the wind. Back it up with some facts. But to me this isn't even an argument worth discussing, because it's not even debatable how liberal the media is.

However, if you choose to think it's not true then I'm sure that rock in Afghanistan is comforting.

[Steff]

Fact: 85% of all statistics say exactly what you want them to.

If you're going to post something that is to be taken as fact, please post the source. As a scientist I can tell you that the field of statistics is heavily abused, especially in politics.

And BTW even if it is true, just because 85% are registered democrats doesn't mean they vote as such and are "Liberal" as you claim.

All of the articles you linked on Town Hall were almost wholly based on someone's opinion and not fact. Sure some of them contained facts but they were just as biased as anybody else's opinion.

[barracuda]

Published: May 23, 2004 4:00 PM EST

NEW YORK Those convinced that liberals make up a disproportionate share of newsroom workers have long relied on Pew Research Center surveys to confirm this view, and they will not be disappointed by the results of Pew's latest study released today.

While most of the journalists, like many Americans, describe themselves as "moderate," a far higher number are "liberal" than in the general population.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1000517184

[catlover]

If the media isn't liberal then why do surveys show that most journalists support homosexuality, abortion and other trendy causes? However it would be unfair to say that antiBush, antiAmericanism is confined solely to the Left. In the UK right wing newspapers like the "Daily Mail" are also banging on incessantly about the POW abuse and seem intent on conducting what can only be described as a hate campaign against President Bush and the US military. The Daily Mail used to be a good paper but has recently degenerated into something fit to be used only as toilet paper! :oww:

[Catsmeow]

Catlover: You must be a Brit. I like you already! And the name, "catlover" wins some points, too.

There appears to be an exclusive club of us catlovers here at WBs and we're pretty much totally into our kids...I mean, kitties.

[ted]

Hey, what's so bad about living under a rock in Afganistan?

t.