McCain is running for president. He has made himself a public figure and has no reason to whine about people publicizing his affairs, especially since they do raise a question about his judgment. So whether the allegation is true or not, there is a legitimate public policy argument to be made for reporting that the allegations have been made. I'm willing to entertain the idea that it is not a *good* argument. But there is one there to be made.
Prince Harry -- please explain how publishing this story benefits anyone but our wartime enemies. Seriously. The kid wants to be a soldier. Why make that hard for him? On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never said I wasn't. This was totally irresponsible of them and they > should be admonished. Brittan has long been a trustworthy ally and crap > like this does not help. I just figured that if someone were going to > bash one news outlet, let's get all the players involved, especially the > big ones like the Times. Frankly I often wonder how they stay in > business with their baseless drivel that is constantly spewed upon their > pages. But oh well, I guess they have a reader base that will always > remain loyal to them. > And yes, I am referring to the McCain thing. Yes it is no where near the > level of what Drudge did, but the principal is the same to me. Printing > things that have no business being printed for no other reason than to > sell papers. But unfortunately for the Times that plan backfired and > they ended up losing money. So then they have to come up with something > else like trying to say McCain is not eligible to be President because > he was not born in the US. More crap that should turn readers off even > more to them. > Bah! They all suck. > > Gruss Gott wrote: > > > > If you're talking about the McCain thing, I think the impact is a > > little different. > > > > In the case of Prince Harry Drudge endangered the lives of soldiers in > > the field for no news purpose. That is, there's no compelling reason > > for any of us to know he's there and in doing so we've put him and his > > whole unit at risk. > > > > In the McCain story ... well there's really no impact except giving > > the talk radio crowd a reason to rally around McCain. > > > > > I surprised you're not outraged at Drudge putting soldiers lives at > > risk for no reason. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
