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Lots Of Double Standards

Posted by DAVID ADESNIK in Media, Politics.
Jul 5th, 2009 | Comments

Courtesy of The Weekly Standard:

The MSM has one standard for covering captured American journalists and another for captured American soliders.

The New York Times has one standard for covering the current president’s town-hall meetings and another standard for his predecessor’s “town hall” meetings.

But what you really wanted to know is that Gwyneth Paltrow has one standard for loving America and another for loving Europe.

Cross-posted at Conventional Folly

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pacatrue

I must say that I start to shut down as soon as I read the term "MSM". It's become so politically loaded that it's hard not to make assumptions about someone's political world view as soon as they pop out with it. The term has gone from any discussion of political bias to often suggest there's this uniform media elite out to destroy the common man.

GeorgeSorwell

The Weekly Standard!

Father_Time

Soldiers are more important than journalists because journalists have a choice. Journalists are following their fame and fortune. Soldiers are just serving a legal commitment to defend the Constitution and must obey the officers and non-commissioned officers appointed over them.

DaGoat

They are all double standards, but the Weekly Standard's opinion is diluted by their own consistent use of double standards. It's the pot calling the kettle black again.

jchem

George, relax...how many times has Media Matters, Think Progress or any other such Left site been linked to here? I don't read the Weekly Standard, but it seems to me they raise a valid criticism regarding the NYT coverage. Perhaps you can explain where they are missing the mark.

GeorgeSorwell

Jchem--

This is a post complaining about double standards. As if the Weekly Standard were some kind of exemplar.

As for the NYT, when this same author, David Adesnik, wanted an accurate copy of Sarah Palin's resignation speech for what he wrote three posts from this one, he got it from the New York Times.

By the way, if you go a few more posts down from that one, you'll find the resident liberal also complaining about the New York Times.

adesnik

Pacatrue, I think "MSM" has become a fairly mainstream usage that can be used without prejudice, even if it has somewhat derogatory origins. We do need a term to describe the body of professional journalists responsible who work for newspapers and broadcast outlets.

George, I see no inconsistency between linking to a NYT transcript and criticizing their coverage. Just because I accept their ability to transcribe a speech does not imply that I must accept their analysis as unbiased.

Also, George, I'm beginning to gather that you don't take the Weekly Standard seriously. I'm no fan of The Nation, but when I read their articles, I pay attention to their facts and analysis, rather than assuming that anything published in The Nation is useless.

In fact, George, I even pay serious attention to the contents of your comments!

GeorgeSorwell

Thanks, David.

Maybe DaGoat would have enjoyed some serious attention, too.

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