Fox News "Special Report" anchor Brit Hume led off his "Political Grapevine" segment Monday night by citing a piece that appeared that day on Times Watch, on the paper's double standard regarding the expressing of personal opinions on television. Here's Hume:
"A New York Times reporter has been rebuked by his superiors after voicing the hope that the U.S. can accomplish its goals in Iraq. Here's what Times chief military correspondent Michael Gordon said on the Charlie Rose show earlier this month, quote:
'As a purely personal view, I think it's worth it, one last effort for sure to try to get this right, because my personal view is we've never really tried to win. We've simply been managing our way to defeat. And I think that if it's done right, I think that there is the chance to accomplish something,' end quote. Times Public Editor Byron Calame writes that Washington Bureau Chief Philip Taubman said Gordon quote, 'stepped over the line' and quote, 'went too far.'
"Timeswatch.com points out that last summer Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar appeared on the Rose show, and criticized Bush administration practice of sending bombs to the Middle East, saying the policy, quote, 'erodes and erodes and erodes America's reputation.' MacFarquhar received no reprimand for his comments."
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At the very least Gordon qual
January 30, 2007 - 12:22 ET by Darth DutchAt the very least Gordon qualified his statements as being his personal opinion. I'd be willing to bet that people on the other side who oppose the war, when they speak from the heart don't even qualify it and just make statements. Gordon appears to have understood that he needed to at least qualify what he was saying.
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I saw this report on Specia
January 30, 2007 - 12:27 ET by happyuscitizenI saw this report on Special Report. Brit Hume rocks! That is all I have to say and that is why I always use the DVR for his show just in case I am out.
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Some liberal poster at anothe
January 30, 2007 - 13:26 ET by RunningBeerSome liberal poster at another site was trying to tell me about media bias yesterday. He had the nerve to claim even the NYT leaned a bit to the right. When I threw this at him he didn't know what hit him or how to respond. God I love this site!!!
Scary thing is, some liberals
January 30, 2007 - 16:31 ET by paperheadScary thing is, some liberals actually think most of the mainstream media is tilted to the right because they are mostly owned by "conservative" corporations. If these people ever get into power positions, and I'm afraid some have already, watch out!
On The Grapevine
January 30, 2007 - 15:50 ET by UnsaneSpecial Report is awesome, but "The Grapevine" for me is a personal highlight.
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Double Standards Are Fun! Let's Try Some!
January 30, 2007 - 18:07 ET by emjem24I just love how the NYT loves to rebuke one of their own for wanting to win the war but not another of their own for wanting it to fail. How does this newspaper stay in business? If any other business or industry sent out mixed signals like this they wouldn't be profitable for long. Wow. And they wonder why people don't read their paper or others like it for that matter. I'm flumoxed, shocked, really I am. It's really too bad when even a newspaper like the NYT has to go all out to make it a policy for all its reporters that success and wanting to win in the War in Iraq is a bad thing. So much for any journalistic integrity which the NYT compromised a long, long time ago.
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