Come on, surely even you don't believe stating "some say" gives journalists the liberty to spread any rumor they want? To report SOME SAY Sen. Byrd is a racist because he was a recruiter for the KKK is a true statement but is it a fair? No, they should then mention he has denounced the KKK. (I think he's still a member but what the heck)
And I wasn't blowing a gasket, Dana said she still trusts Rather and the quotes were all out of context. I grabbed a quote that had a link to the video. On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:14:41 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote: > "politically and ideologically motivated U.S. Supreme Court" > - is an opinion > > "... some say, politically and ideologically motivated U.S. Supreme Court" > - is a fact > > Don't selectively quote out of context to try and make a point. > > Now, he could have said what you suggest, but that sounds to me more > like mollycoddling a perfectly valid dissent/argument to the outcome > than some semblance of a balanced statement. By Rather saying what he > did say, he's acknowledging that there is considerable dissent to the > ruling without saying something considerably more inflammatory. He > could have very well said the "politically and ideologically" bit > without adding the "some say", which would have, I'm sure, given you an > aneurysm at the very least :) and /definitely/ would have been an opinion. > > How about this (this isn't an actual quote, but I'm making up an example > for argument's sake): > > "The Massachusetts Supreme Court today ruled that the state must begin > recognizing same-sex marriages within 3 months time. The ruling comes > after much deliberation from a sharply divided and, some say, > politically and ideologically motivated court, but most people realize > they were just following the law." > > To me, that language sounds like it's telling social conservatives to go > piss up a rope. Not that I mind that particular sentiment :) but it's > definitely not a fair statement to make, in my opinion. > > - Jim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150129 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
