| Topic: |
Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Ubiquitous" |
| Date: |
21 Jun 2006 11:01:18 AM |
| Object: |
AP: Awfully Partisan |
Here's a nice, clear-cut case of liberal bias, from an Associated Press
report about a speech by Vice President Cheney:
Cheney defended the NSA's domestic eavesdropping program, which the
administration calls its "terrorist surveillance program" as important
in the
war on terror, while conceding it was controversial.
Why not say:
Cheney defended the NSA's terrorist surveillance program, which the
administration's
opponents call its "domestic eavesdropping program," as important in
the war on terror,
while conceding it was controversial.
Given that no one has seriously claimed the NSA is eavesdropping on
domestic as opposed to international calls, this would be more accurate.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the
liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our military
victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for them, it's
failing.
.
|
|
| User: "Puzzla" |
|
| Title: Re: Awfully Partisan |
21 Jun 2006 11:17:55 PM |
|
|
"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:5sGdnQtuCMnN8ATZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@giganews.com...
Here's a nice, clear-cut case of liberal bias, from an Associated Press
report about a speech by Vice President Cheney:
Cheney defended the NSA's domestic eavesdropping program, which the
administration calls its "terrorist surveillance program" as
important
in the
war on terror, while conceding it was controversial.
Why not say:
Cheney defended the NSA's terrorist surveillance program, which the
administration's
opponents call its "domestic eavesdropping program," as important in
the war on terror,
while conceding it was controversial.
Given that no one has seriously claimed the NSA is eavesdropping on
domestic as opposed to international calls, this would be more accurate.
But doesn't the quotation marks mean that the administration called it its
"terrorist surveillance program"? If it were an editorial, why use
quotation marks?
Puzz
.
|
|
|
| User: "Ubiquitous" |
|
| Title: Re: Awfully Partisan |
24 Jun 2006 09:50:01 PM |
|
|
In article <TRomg.153400$F_3.101883@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
puzzla@puzzla.net wrote:
But doesn't the quotation marks mean that the administration called it its
"terrorist surveillance program"? If it were an editorial, why use
quotation marks?
Did you know Reuters uses quotation marks around the word 'terrorist' (if
they use the word at all)?
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
.
|
|
|
|
| User: "z" |
|
| Title: Re: Awfully Partisan |
22 Jun 2006 09:20:58 AM |
|
|
Puzzla wrote:
"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:5sGdnQtuCMnN8ATZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@giganews.com...
Here's a nice, clear-cut case of liberal bias, from an Associated Press
report about a speech by Vice President Cheney:
Cheney defended the NSA's domestic eavesdropping program, which the
administration calls its "terrorist surveillance program" as
important
in the
war on terror, while conceding it was controversial.
Why not say:
Cheney defended the NSA's terrorist surveillance program, which the
administration's
opponents call its "domestic eavesdropping program," as important in
the war on terror,
while conceding it was controversial.
Given that no one has seriously claimed the NSA is eavesdropping on
domestic as opposed to international calls, this would be more accurate.
But doesn't the quotation marks mean that the administration called it its
"terrorist surveillance program"? If it were an editorial, why use
quotation marks?
Puzz
Your bic with us hasn't gotten to the part of skoolin where you learn
about quotes yet.
.
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "z" |
|
| Title: Re: AP: Awfully Partisan |
22 Jun 2006 09:19:33 AM |
|
|
Ubiquitous wrote:
Here's a nice, clear-cut case of liberal bias, from an Associated Press
report about a speech by Vice President Cheney:
Cheney defended the NSA's domestic eavesdropping program, which the
administration calls its "terrorist surveillance program" as important
in the
war on terror, while conceding it was controversial.
Why not say:
Cheney defended the NSA's terrorist surveillance program, which the
administration's
opponents call its "domestic eavesdropping program," as important in
the war on terror,
while conceding it was controversial.
Given that no one has seriously claimed the NSA is eavesdropping on
domestic as opposed to international calls, this would be more accurate.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the
liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our military
victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for them, it's
failing.
Lemme get this straight; you invent a press report that never happened
as evidence of the media's liberal bias; and to ice the cake, on the
same day post "Ex-Anchor Adrift After CBS News Cuts His Workload"?
The reality based community needs evidence from reality. That's why
they're called the reality based community.
.
|
|
|
| User: "Ubiquitous" |
|
| Title: Re: AP: Awfully Partisan |
24 Jun 2006 09:41:44 PM |
|
|
wrote:
Ubiquitous wrote:
Here's a nice, clear-cut case of liberal bias, from an Associated Press
report about a speech by Vice President Cheney:
Cheney defended the NSA's domestic eavesdropping program, which
the administration calls its "terrorist surveillance program" as
important in the war on terror, while conceding it was controversial.
Why not say:
Cheney defended the NSA's terrorist surveillance program, which the
administration's opponents call its "domestic eavesdropping program,"
as important in the war on terror,while conceding it was
controversial.
Given that no one has seriously claimed the NSA is eavesdropping on
domestic as opposed to international calls, this would be more accurate.
Lemme get this straight; you invent a press report that never happened
as evidence of the media's liberal bias
Bone up on your reading skills, or cut back on your pot smoking.
In either case, read the article again (and repeat as necessary)
so you don't do the Internet equivilant of broadcasting your idiocy
with a megaphone in hand in public. Here's a hint: the first is the
real (biased) article and the 2nd is a more obejctive version that
should have been used.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Articles |
|
|
