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

[Tony]

Well Andreas, clearly President bush felt that he answered the question, I 
feel he answered the question.  You don't.  Who gives a damn what any of us 
think?  Our opinions are NOT NEWS.

OK, you are obstinate and convoluted in your thinking, so I will go slow. 
The reporter should have reported thus:  President Bush was asked this and 
that.  He responded such and such.  (verbatim quote)  This would eliminate 
ANY possibility of personal interpretation or manipulation.  This, Andreas, 
is called NEWS.  What precisely happened.  Not Andreas' version or Tony's 
version, but simply verbatim quotes with the readership allowed to make up 
its own mind as to whether the president's answer was responsive.

Now, are you willing to acknowledge this reasonable and legitimate point of 
mine, or are you simply determined to be an obstinate little twit?

Happy holidays,   -T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
To: "Tony" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Bush Says He Won't Be Swayed To Withdraw


> On 11/29/06, Tony <tonytime at clearwire.net> wrote:
>> Andreas, it is becoming clear that you are not a man of reason and fair
>> mindedness.  No reasonable person would argue that reporters are 
>> justified
>> in injecting their personal opinion into the news.  You continue to do 
>> so.
>> At this point I think it would be naive of me to avoid questioning your
>> motives.
>
> Tony --
>
> It is not a "personal viewpoint" that Bush did not answer the question
> he was asked. He did not, in fact, anwer the question he was asked --
> and you're not even claiming that he did, simply that it was
> inappropriate for the reporter to remark to the audience that he had
> avoided the question he was asked. You apparently believe that
> objectivity demands that facts that one side strenuously objects to
> not be reported. This results in journalism easily swayed by one side
> making ever-more-absurd claims of bias.
>
> -- ACS
>
>