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Agence France-Presse (AFP) yesterday disseminated to its client list a headline and photograph caption labeling sex scandalized and self-ousted New York Governor Eliot Spitzer an (R), when he is in fact a (D) -- emocrat.
They then responded -- to correspondence on the subject of their error and the error itself -- rather meekly.
AFP having only corrected their copy -- leaving myriad errors strewn throughout the print and web worlds -- left wide open the possibility that others would follow their poor suit.
And indeed someone has.
Perhaps the folks at Reuters are avid AFP readers. For they have today -- following AFP's Fred Astaire lead -- labeled Spitzer as an (R).
The conspiracy theory that exists of the media gathering together in one large clutch to plot their bias is not at all true.
It is not that the many members of the media are of one mind -- it is that they are of many tiny like-minds.
Many thanks to Fred W for the neighborly assistance.
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I don't think...
March 14, 2008 - 12:41 ET by unitaryexecutiveI don't think they are labeling him as a Republican, I believe they are stating that he is located on the right in the picture. I looked at other pictures on the site with more that one person in them and the labels were either "R" or "L" and always corresponded with the person's location in the picture.
So, unitary, your saying
March 14, 2008 - 12:53 ET by bassndudeSo, unitary, your saying that they never use the (D)? They never report democrats? Surely you jest. The political party is always denoted by, (R) or (D). Left and right is denoted, L, or, R, not (L) or (R).
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No...
March 14, 2008 - 12:57 ET by unitaryexecutiveI'm saying that on this particular site, all the pictures I saw were either labeled "R" or "L." I agree with you that the media have avoided a party designation in this and many other Democratic Party scandals. However, from my review of this particular site, it seems that the photos are labeled for location within the picture, not party affiliation.
So your saying this site
March 14, 2008 - 12:58 ET by bassndudeSo your saying this site dosent list any political party affiliation. Well, thats OK then.
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If you want to say that...
March 14, 2008 - 13:21 ET by unitaryexecutive...there is bias in failing to report Spitzer's party affiliation, I agree with you. However, the bias isn't in mislabeling the picture.
Another example:
http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=332682&type=Politics
Although, this may be confusing because the "L" could stand for Labor Party, Likud Party, or left.
But there is this:
http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=330982&type=Politics
I think this is definitive because there is no reason to label Condi with an "L" other than for location in the picture.
You may be right...
March 14, 2008 - 13:01 ET by unitaryexecutive...but this is what I'm talking about.
http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=332498&type=Politics
Look at the picture and you will find an "(L)."
Yes, I went and looked at
March 14, 2008 - 13:07 ET by bassndudeYes, I went and looked at the site. In one picture with Kennedy, Nixon and Johnson, they have a (D) next to Nixon. I guess D is french for right.
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Actually
March 14, 2008 - 13:17 ET by CGattonI believe 'droite' is french for right (side), so ....
V/R
Clyde
"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC
Although...
March 14, 2008 - 12:53 ET by unitaryexecutive...the "R" designation probably isn't necessary given that "Elliot" is usually a man's name. Maybe the "R" is for "right" but no one at Reuters would be disappointed if someone interpreted it to mean, "Republican."
Oh please. Are you really
March 14, 2008 - 12:56 ET by bassndudeOh please. Are you really Obamas pastor, masquerading as unitaryexecutive?
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If you cannot figure out...
March 14, 2008 - 13:07 ET by unitaryexecutive...from my name that I am far from a liberal (much less one who asks the Lord to damn America), you should review your constitutional history (more particularly, Federalist #70, I believe). I am simply pointing out that if you report bias where there is none, our cause loses credibility. There are thousands of examples of liberal bias in the MSM each day (to the point where I cannot even watch broadcast news anymore), I am afraid this isn't one of them.
Identical Errors Are Not Coincidence
March 14, 2008 - 12:59 ET by CGattonNope, not "right." Even AFP 'fessed up and corrected their [identical or almost identical] picture caption. The (R) means Republican. Trying to give them a way out is just - trying to give them a way out. :o) Hopefully they won't look here to see how they should spin their bias.
Though I really think they just took the mistake made by AFP and ran with it. Everything looks too 'identical' to be otherwise.
R/
Clyde
"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC
My WIfe always said
March 14, 2008 - 13:20 ET by Melodic_MetalYou can never tell an as$hole they're an as$hole. Same with these punks. It's almost like talking to a brick wall explaining to them that they are no longer doing their jobs, but instead are just injecting their bias into everything.
"To beat Violence, You must ignore the focus groups. You must send in the Mossad, turn off the BBC, CNN, and don't look back."