tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post6526883731165447609..comments2023-04-25T22:37:27.911-04:00Comments on Karen Johns - Life in Phoenixville: Blistering critique of corporate news - former CBS news anchor, Dan RatherKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057911658878963451noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-41457603691284566992008-06-16T19:55:00.000-04:002008-06-16T19:55:00.000-04:00Dear Friend,I want you to know that I understand t...Dear Friend,<BR/>I want you to know that I understand the underlying guilt and remorse you feel about your part in the trashing of our nation, and your need to supress it. <BR/>I want you to know, it's all right...but I need to know the answer to this question so I can help you with your recovery: Did you vote for Bush/Cheney both times or just once?<BR/><BR/>Admitting delusion is the first step toward walking out of it.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>"You Libs"Gotamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721693201611417381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-91205994636530423522008-06-16T16:22:00.000-04:002008-06-16T16:22:00.000-04:00You liberals need to get some new material... Did...You liberals need to get some new material... Did you think up all that name calling on your own? Impressive.<BR/><BR/>I love all the "Bush is dumb" stuff... yet he keeps beating you guys, so what does that say about you libs? Two congressional elections ago, you said if DemocRats were elected, you would bring the troops home. You said it last election too. Happened yet?<BR/><BR/>You have what is known as BDS - Bush Derangement Syndrome. You'll take sides with anyone, even the terrorists, if it means you get to spread a little BushHate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-21747255199985297002008-06-14T11:14:00.001-04:002008-06-14T11:14:00.001-04:00Anon. 11:18...It's almost unbearable to witness pe...Anon. 11:18...<BR/>It's almost unbearable to witness people like you who cling to your political beliefs in spite of the MOUNTAINS of facts that state otherwise.<BR/>George Bush is the worst president in the history of this nation. He's a liar and a cheater and a drunk and a religious phony and an incompitent and a ruiner of nations and a murderer and traitor and a criminal and an idiot!<BR/>And that's just for starters!<BR/>How DARE you defend this enemy of the U.S. Constitution.Gotamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721693201611417381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-67769296988602092922008-06-14T11:14:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:14:00.000-04:00Anon. 11:18...It's almost unbearable to witness pe...Anon. 11:18...<BR/>It's almost unbearable to witness people like you who cling to your political beliefs in spite of the MOUNTAINS of facts that state otherwise.<BR/>George Bush is the worst president in the history of this nation. He's a liar and a cheater and a drunk and a religious phony and an incompitent and a ruiner of nations and a murderer and traitor and a criminal and an idiot!<BR/>And that's just for starters!<BR/>How DARE you defend this enemy of the U.S. Constitution.Gotamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721693201611417381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-37672455570294578842008-06-14T11:09:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:09:00.000-04:00Anon. 11:18...It's almost unbearable to witness pe...Anon. 11:18...<BR/>It's almost unbearable to witness people like you who cling to your political beliefs in spite of the MOUNTAINS of facts that state otherwise.<BR/>George Bush is the worst president in the history of this nation. He's a liar and a cheater and a drunk and a religious phony and an incompitent and a ruiner of nations and a murderer and traitor and a criminal and an idiot!<BR/>And that's just for starters!<BR/>How DARE you defend this enemy of the U.S. Constitution.Gotamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721693201611417381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-7566471282225516042008-06-14T00:26:00.000-04:002008-06-14T00:26:00.000-04:00Anonymous 11:18, please, don't get me started on G...Anonymous 11:18, please, don't get me started on George Bush and the rumor about his AWOL status.<BR/><BR/>This thread is about Dan Rather's critique of the powers of corporate journalism and in my mind, that alleged missing piece of Bush's National Guard duty is right up there with a host of other things that should have been scrutinized and not neglected by the big news media.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057911658878963451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-6228331547315736602008-06-12T23:18:00.000-04:002008-06-12T23:18:00.000-04:00Yawn... Dan Blather has no credibility, after brea...Yawn... Dan Blather has no credibility, after breathlessly rushing the story based on a forged memo about George W. Bush's service to the screen.<BR/><BR/>If Blather hadn't been blinded by his hatred of George Bush (as many "journalists" seem to be today), he would have objectively looked at the story - but he wanted it to be true, therefore the truth went out the window.<BR/><BR/>So I don't need to hear or read about Dan Blather pontificating about the news media. He won't even admit that what he did was wrong. Why doesn't he start with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-46932364107792569502008-06-12T22:28:00.000-04:002008-06-12T22:28:00.000-04:00Because of Dan Rather, hopefully television journa...Because of Dan Rather, hopefully television journalists like David Shuster (currently of MSNBC fame, briefly suspended for remarks earlier in the year when he said that Hillary Clinton was "pimping out Chelsea") stay relegated in their small irrelevant cable news timeslots.<BR/><BR/>The real problem with the cable news networks is that people rightfully have trouble distinguishing when a journalist is reporting news and when they are providing opinion. <BR/><BR/>While it's clear that opinion dominates some venues (e.g., O'Reilly's Factor and Olbermann's Countdown), there's a mish-mash of news and opinion in many of the other programs that makes it very difficult to tell.<BR/><BR/>The best thing to do is think common-sensibly for yourself, and don't allow others to think for you.Jeff Senleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03299589320408409468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-81946856157424748312008-06-12T21:32:00.000-04:002008-06-12T21:32:00.000-04:00Attributed to John Swinton.*"There is no such thin...Attributed to John Swinton.*<BR/><BR/><BR/>"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did you know beforehand that it would never appear in print.<BR/><BR/>"I am paid $150 a week for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for things, and if any of you would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before 24 hours, my occupation would be gone.<BR/><BR/>"The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and what folly is this toasting an independent press. We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes.<BR/><BR/>"We are Jumping-Jacks -- they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes!" <BR/><BR/>-- John Swinton, 1914, former Editor New York Times <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.barefootsworld.net/community/bwnews.html<BR/><BR/>*Mr. Swinton made the statement in 1914 in his speech at the New York Press Club during his retirement party from the New York Times.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057911658878963451noreply@blogger.com