Murdoch? Seriously? The guy who sends memos to Fox News and tells them to mess with the truth? You've got to be kidding me.
On Nov 17, 9:51 am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stating the obvious: > > [Q] - To make his point, Murdoch criticized the media reaction > after bloggers debunked a “60 Minutes” report by former CBS anchor, > Dan Rather, that President Bush had evaded service during his days in > the National Guard. > > “Far from celebrating this citizen journalism, the establishment > media reacted defensively. During an appearance on Fox News, a CBS > executive attacked the bloggers in a statement that will go down in > the annals of arrogance. ‘60 Minutes,’ he said, was a professional > organization with ‘multiple layers of checks and balances.’ By > contrast, he dismissed the blogger as ‘a guy sitting in his living > room in his pajamas writing.’ But eventually it was the guys sitting > in their pajamas who forced Mr. Rather and his producer to resign. > > ”Mr. Rather and his defenders are not alone,“ he continued. ”A > recent American study reported that many editors and reporters simply > do not trust their readers to make good decisions. Let’s be clear > about what this means. This is a polite way of saying that these > editors and reporters think their readers are too stupid to think for > themselves.“ -http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10098194-60.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
