Re: Trust the media

2008-03-02 Thread Michael Dinowitz
More Americans turning to Web for news NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey. While most people think journalism is important to the quality of

Re: Trust the media

2008-02-29 Thread Todd
al Message - From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:19 PM Subject: Trust the media > Some here have looked at my view of the media as extreme. I have a single > answer to that - "ColdFusion is dead&qu

Re: Trust the media

2008-02-29 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Ah, that's your bias showing through. If someone is attacking the media's bias then it must be based on the idea that the media is liberal. I never said that. I said the media is biased and truth is the victim. Bias exists on both sides. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Trust the media

2008-02-29 Thread Larry Lyons
Bias cuts both ways Michael. If you have a certain expectational set, you tend to seek out confirmatory evidence and ignore contractory data. If you strongly believe that the West is trying to destroy Islam then that colours your view. If you believe that the 'media' has an extreme liberal bias

Re: Trust the media

2008-02-29 Thread Ben Doom
Le CF est morte! Vive le CF! --Doom Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Some here have looked at my view of the media as extreme. I have a single > answer to that - "ColdFusion is dead". > We've been told that by the media in the form of tech pundits for years and > we've known it to be false. In some cas

Trust the media

2008-02-29 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Some here have looked at my view of the media as extreme. I have a single answer to that - "ColdFusion is dead". We've been told that by the media in the form of tech pundits for years and we've known it to be false. In some cases it was reported by people with a clear bias against it. In others th