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Tilting at Blog Windmills
I've been meaning to write something about the latest blog-bashing
from the keyboard of Columbia J-school dean Nicholas Lemann but haven't
had the time. Thankfully, New York Press's Russ Smith and my friend Bob
Cox have taken care of the task for me. Before quoting from them,
here's a taste of Lemann's sour grapes, actually saying that the legacy media never have been elitist and, in fact, are…
A Gentle Reminder: The Many Forms of Propaganda
It's important to remember that photographs don't necessarily have to be modified to be propaganda. Consider this one, sent out by the Associated Press from their coverage of the London protests.
Notice how the photograph was taken from a low angle? The photographer clearly intended to present a "David vs. Goliath" scenario, with the United States predictably being shoe-horned into Goliath's…
Open Thread Friday
Your official Friday thread. Captionfest nominations, jokes, and whatever else.UPDATE 14:38. From the not-exactly-media-bias department: MSNBC host Tucker Carlson is going to be on "Dancing with the Stars." HT: Insty.
Post Worshipfully Labels Pew Hispanic Center 'Unbiased
Detailed look shows immigration study comes from group that preaches liberal policy solutions.
CBS Refers to Would-Be Terrorists as 'Martyrs
How strong is the word "martyr"? After the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last June, Aljazeera.net reported that a Jordanian got in trouble for using that word to describe Zarqawi, his former countryman.
Jordan's parliament has condemned an Islamist MP for calling Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a "martyr" and demanded that his party question him and three other members for attending the dead al-Qaida…
NY Times Connects Recent Terrorist Plot to Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
I guess we should have predicted this. After all, in the minds of many in the mainstream media, history began on March 20, 2003, when America invaded Iraq; unless absolutely necessary, all prior events relating to terrorism are to be ignored. As such, we shouldn’t be at all surprised that a New York Times front-page story about the recent thwarted terrorist plot in Great Britain tied the event to…
Has Hezbollah Co-opted the Western Media
Putting aside more conspiratorially-minded critics of the mainstream
media, genuine practical concerns and mounting evidence suggest
Western media has been co-opted by Hezbollah in Lebanon to a
significant agree. So much so, in fact, that it may be unable to paint
an accurate picture of the current conflict.
The two year old image at right is from a Reuters video of
Palestinian terrorists…