-Caveat Lector- FYI --interesting posting from "Coalition To End Media Bias" discussion group. See http://www.egroups.com/group/cemb/fullinfo.html Haven't read the Post today, but I do recall some of their most recent corrections. To whom, in the political realm, do the papers answer to when it comes to repeated corrections like these noted below? Cheers, -A > Begin forwarded message, Clark Beltzer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: > > 10/11/99 > > Has reputable "The Washington Post" already picked its favorite for 2000? Media bias comes in all shapes and sizes, but the Post has made several recent notable snafus when it comes to reporting on prez contender Gore. > > First, on October 8, the Post runs the following "correction:" An article yesterday incorrectly > reported the value of stock held last year by Tony Coelho, Vice President Gore's campaign > chairman. The article said he owned 1.2 million shares of Service Corporation International stock, > which would have been worth nearly $49 million at the time. In fact, a financial disclosure form shows Coelho owned SCI stock worth $1.2 million." Trying to make Coelho seem richer, maybe? > > The same Pg.2 "Correction" column then goes on to owe up to another slight error: "The article also said Coelho is on the board of Crop Growers Corp. He resigned from that board in 1997." Further confusing his corporate affiliations... > > On the same day, believe it or not, a WPost correction regarding Gore's birthplace: "In an early > edition yesterday, an article incorrectly reported the birthplace of Vice President Gore. He was born in Washington, D.C." > > C'mon, the VP's birthplace? Hasn't Gore been VP for nearly 8 years? In addition, of course, to his > days in the Senate? Oh, by the way, isn't Gore the one who's desperately trying to distance himself > from being viewed as an "Establishment" insider? That would be mean reporting the wrong > birthplace may simply serve to reinforce the "Establishment" label Gore is desperately trying to shed. Oh no, say it ain't so... > > If that's not enough, in the Monday, October 11 issue, the WPost writes, "The name of the hotel > where VP Gore lived as a child was misstated in yesterday's Tony Kornheiser column in the Style > section. It was the Fairfax Hotel." Ok, here they go again. Doesn't Tony read his own paper (see > Oct. 8 correction above)? Someone really ought to get him a subscription. > > Can't the WPost, the supposed "inside-the-beltway" paper, get the facts straight on Al Gore? Or, > maybe, Bradley is the paper's favorite? In that same time period, interestingly enough, I didn't see any "Corrections" on Bradley. Hmmm... > > Furthermore, today's WPost article "Bradley Stays Course Despite 'Darts'," by Dan Balz, who > covers the 2000 Elections beat, does nothing to dispel the paper's "admiration" of Bradley. > > While some would say the article is nothing more than an analysis of Bradley's campaign and his rise in polls versus Gore, it's apparent that Balz and Co. are simply in awe with Bradley, giving the former Senator and pro-basketball player the print space where he's viewed as the complete opposite of "oh-we're-so-sick-of" Washington-insider Gore. > > Check out the article's final quote, from none other than Bradley himself: "You have, in other words, entrenched power at your beckoning," he said of Gore. "I've only got the people." > > Oh, pleeze. Are we to believe that one can simply raise millions of dollars, especially, nowadays, > when presidential campaigns have become so utterly expensive, without the backing of > "establishment" types? Bradley would like us to believe that. How about Balz and Co.? > > Granted, the media can always say that it's simply reporting the news. But what about how it's read > by folks, many of whom have yet to make up their mind on who to support for the Democratic > nomination? Especially with the ongoing criticism of where Gore actually lived during his youth and > whether he's just part of an establishment, versus the supposed "outsider" or "unconventional" > Bradley. > > Or, how about the jabs against Gore's point man, Coelho, and how he's got such a ugly checkered > past, filthy rich and supposedly about as out of touch as Gore himself? The list goes on and on.... > > Could Gore be, dare I say, too conservative for the reporters at the Post? Maybe Bradley's liberal > credentials are what the Post finds appealing? > > Memo to WPost editors: Check your facts, circulate an internal memo to all your beat reporters > outlining Al Gore's bio, or else your readers may begin wondering whether there's a growing bias in > _favor_ of Bill Bradley. > > Like I said, media bias comes in all shapes and sizes. This one simply fits the "liberal bill" (no pun > intended). > > -cb > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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