tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313 Arthur D. Hlavaty Arthur D. Hlavaty 2018-11-10T10:14:32Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:2202449 2018-11-10T10:14:32Z 2018-11-10T10:14:32Z public 0 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/08/us-press-corps-trump-journalists-press-conferences?">The US press corps has to learn to stand up to Trump</a> [Guardian]<br /><br />Thanx to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/'><b>kaffy_r</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=2202449" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:1771253 2016-09-19T09:58:59Z 2016-09-19T09:58:59Z public 0 <a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/09/18/washpost-makes-history-first-paper-to-call-for-prosecution-of-its-own-source-after-accepting-pulitzer/"><i>Washington Post</i></a> wants its own source prosecuted.<br /><br />Thanx to <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/">Metafilter</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=1771253" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:1758591 2016-09-06T10:16:24Z 2016-09-06T10:16:24Z public 0 Every criminal trial is supposed to assume that the defense is at least as likely to be right about the case as the prosecution, but if the overwhelming majority of those brought to trial are not GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY, the system is broken. Giving <i>The NY Times</i> the benefit of the doubt, we can say that they are in a similar situation with regard to presidential election coverage. They are supposed to be even-handed, but one candidate (Donald Trump) is a hatemonger, a liar, a fourflusher, and a crook, and the other isn’t. That said, as their own columnist Paul Krugman has pointed out, they’re bending over too far backwards when they try to keep up with the Republicans in making up <a href="http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/ny-times-finally-admits-the-media-has-been-out-to-get-hillary-clinton-while-coddling-donald-trump/25968/">fake Hillary scandals</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=1758591" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:984638 2013-04-24T10:21:12Z 2013-04-24T10:21:12Z public 0 Faced with the prospect of a Kochtopus takeover, <i>Tribune</i> reporters would prefer <a href="http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/tribune-co-reporters-horrified-at-koch-takeover-prospect/">Rupert Murdoch</a><br /><br />Thanx to <a href="http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/">Mercury Rising</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=984638" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:189235 2009-12-24T11:10:21Z 2009-12-24T11:10:21Z public 0 <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/12/22/washington-post-sits-on-eyewitness-account/"><i>Washington Post</i> punks out</a>. Because I am petty and anal-retentive, I will point out that the <i>Post</i> didn't "refute" the reporter's story. They couldn't; they could only deny it.<br /><br />Thanx to <a href="http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/">Making Light.</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=189235" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:68791 2009-07-23T10:38:14Z 2009-07-23T10:38:14Z public 1 <a href="http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/at-least-they-spelled-his-name-right/">The newspaper of record</a>: seven errors in the Walter Cronkite article<br /><br />Thanx to <a href="http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/">Lisa Gold: Research Maven</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=68791" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments