Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Betrayal of Journalists

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Tom,
You wrote <<in most cases, the editors and/or publishers of newspapers are 
rather wealthy conservative types>>

Not sure where you got that but I believe the largest, most influential 
papers are very liberal - NYT, Globe and Wa Post as you suggest.

But I think the term Liberal Journalists is intended more to describe the 
news readers on network TV - I saw somewhere that few Americans get their 
news from Newspapers anymore - less than 10% IIRC.  But the Big 3 as they 
are known (NBC/CBS/ABC) reach many more viewers than the cable news outlets 
although that's changing.  But even if it changes, only  one 1 cable news 
channel presents a balanced approach - Fox News.   CNN, MSNBC, etc are one 
sided.

Anyway - I know it's easy to jump from Liberal Journalists to Newspapers but 
who ever wrote it probably intended to include the TV talking heads.  They 
have distorted the news for a long time.  Witness the Tet offensive during 
the Viet Nam war - it was a huge military defeat for the VC but the media 
reported it as a defeat on our side.  IIRC the VC leaders said they lost 
~50,000 fighters during that offensive effectively destroying the backbone 
of experienced fighters for a very long time.  but the media turned it 
around for them and they were able to recover much more quickly - it's 
always easier to recover following a victory than a defeat.

Walter Chronkite - the most trusted man in America at one time, saw the 
carnage and said "the war is lost" - which I suspect he believed  but he 
didn't base his comment on a complete understanding of the situation.

Oh well, that's old news.

Have a nice weekend!
;-)

Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Betrayal of Journalists


> The Liberal Media, as you put it, are basically the poor schleps who go 
> out every day and cover the homicides, police blotter, city council 
> meetings, etc.  Now, true, there do seem to be a few Liberal papers out 
> there (the New York Times and Boston Globe might spring to mind) but in 
> most cases, the editors and/or publishers of newspapers are rather wealthy 
> conservative types.
> There was a story on the radio about a week ago, can't remember exactly 
> where or when, now, having to do with the question of "Does it help or 
> hinder for a newspaper to give their endorsement to a candidate?"
>
> Tom Reynolds
> Tulsa, OK
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>  In a message dated 3/6/2008 10:46:57 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
> zavitar1 [at] yahoo.com writes:
>    "Professional Journalists"
>
>  Isn't that an oxymoron?
>
>  The Liberal media has greatly contributed to the downfall of our country. 
> They can go to hell!
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>  Sher
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