I guess the truly unfortunate thing is that people take Rush's (and Al Franken's) "opinions" as gospel truths...
Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 -----Original Message----- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:43 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: fun quotes Importance: Low > but this says everything about journalistic integrity, and fair, balanced > reporting doesn't it <smirk> Rush has never claimed to be a "journalist". He is a radio show host and a political commentator - not a journalist. His show is billed as a radio talk show, not a news cast. He references other publications and news services and actually comments and opines on the contents of the stories as well as the events of the day. journalist: a person engaged in journalism (which is defined as writing designed for publication in a newspaper or magazine b : writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation) commentator: one who gives a commentary; especially : one who reports and discusses news on radio or television (commentary is defined as a systematic series of explanations or interpretations or an expression of opinion) The biggest thing to remember is that when a person is giving their opinion on the news they are a commentator. When they are reporting the news as a factual basis it is journalism. Problem is that so many journalists will include their commentary in with their journalistic effort that the news becomes this skewed caricature of the truth. Hatton Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:162654 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54