[Vision2020] Bush Says He Won't Be Swayed To Withdraw

[Andreas Schou]

On 11/29/06, Tony <tonytime at clearwire.net> wrote:
> Actually Andreas, the only legitimate way to transmit someone's words is
> through a verbatim quote.  ANY "analysis" WHATSOEVER steps over the bounds
> unless on the opinion page.  You loose credibility Andreas when you flak for
> those who would shape public opinion in the name of reporting the news.

This is idiotic. News is not the blind transmission of official pap
from policy organs to the listening public. If Dick Cheney says that
the insurgency is in its last throes, and it is clear that that is not
the case, then the fact that the facts contradict him should be made
clear. If someone is asked a yes or no question and doesn't answer it,
it should be made clear that they didn't answer it -- because that is
self-evidently the case.

People often lie, and there is often a certain amount of ambiguity
about the facts -- like, for instance, whether claims about Iraq's
nuclear weapons programs were malicious lies or simply delusional
fantasies. Because the news media acted as a funnel to deliver the
"official story" to the people, we ended up with too many people
supporting an idiotic and unnecessary war.

-- ACS