tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1935494927118485478..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Is the Washington Post becoming yet another 'fake news' leader?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24448162530806620942017-01-17T09:15:58.066-06:002017-01-17T09:15:58.066-06:00"This goes back 40+ years..."
Forty yea..."This goes back 40+ years..."<br /><br />Forty years? Try at least 150 years - or more. Read what General William T. Sherman wrote about "newspapermen" during the Civil War.<br /><br />It's as true today as it was then.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108430731483801350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62313117326535213922017-01-17T07:07:29.033-06:002017-01-17T07:07:29.033-06:00After this last election, I don't trust the me...After this last election, I don't trust the media to report the truth at all any more. It is nothing but propaganda and filler. Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88866101245984813662017-01-17T01:17:02.279-06:002017-01-17T01:17:02.279-06:00This goes back 40+ years; not so very long after c...This goes back 40+ years; not so very long after college I participated in a very public event in D.C., covered by a substantial portion of the local media. That evening the TV folks gave us very brief mention, so the next morning I scoured the <i>Post</i> for their coverage. I wound up calling the reporter whose byline ran over the story and inquired is a stringer had covered the event for him because the printed account not only sounded like a completely different event, it took a rather negative tone. He replied that he was there, and when he described what he had been wearing I remembered him seated in the front row (I had been either on the stage or at the podium the entire event). The discussion ended with him saying "I reported what i saw." <br /><br />What trust I may have had in media immediately evaporated. <br /><br />I understand differences in perception, but traditionally the media has been charged with the mission of minimizing those differences to present as unbiased an account of events as is reasonably possible, and identifying them when present. Such, unfortunately, has not been the case for quite some time in the U.S., and the bias has become more deliberate, and emphatic, in recent decades.<br /><br />Which makes me wonder about Bezos. I do not know what drove him to aquire a major stake in a very obviously declining industry; my first assumption was nefarious intent, and it remains so. What is he up to? It makes me scrutinize even more closely all Amazon-produced (or provided) content for potential negative purpose. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67915623854987882782017-01-16T22:20:14.858-06:002017-01-16T22:20:14.858-06:00"Becoming"?"Becoming"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-17243150291195342182017-01-16T13:53:07.336-06:002017-01-16T13:53:07.336-06:00Their mottos, Javahead, is actually:
All the &quo...Their mottos, <b>Javahead</b>, is actually:<br /><br /><i>All the "news" that fits our views!</i><br /><br />and that holds for EVERY media outlet today. Including Fox and WSJ. Or do you not recognize that they wave the Rove Republican flag???Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-77902330613030081732017-01-16T13:31:44.562-06:002017-01-16T13:31:44.562-06:00The NYT's current model has morphed to "A...The NYT's current model has morphed to "All the fits we print as News". The Post seems to be aiming at the same target.Javaheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922782424313956036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15245109860646289942017-01-16T12:00:58.726-06:002017-01-16T12:00:58.726-06:00The tendency to jump to conclusions is not limited...The tendency to jump to conclusions is not limited to publications like WaPo. It rears its head regularly in the "Patriot" communities. A number of them were all over the resignation of the general as indications of an effort to prepare the ground for effective disruptions of the Trump inauguration and the peaceful transition of power. People toward both ends of the political spectrum and for whatever reason, seem to prefer the idea of conspiracy rather than the more reasonable idea that sometimes things just happen.Retired Mustanghttp://retiredmustang.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55930385867806740332017-01-16T10:53:12.498-06:002017-01-16T10:53:12.498-06:00Follow the Money.
WaPo --> Bezos --> Amazon...Follow the Money.<br /><br />WaPo --> Bezos --> Amazon--> Cheap Chinese Products<br /><br />Trump--> Fair trade --> Less cheap, Chinese Products<br /><br />Bezos is hurting himself with the WaPo. People will start doing the math. As much as I like Amazon, I don't want my political choices framed by it, especially if it's being done wrongfully/incorrectly.Mr. Krustynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39361874843897930992017-01-16T10:49:51.422-06:002017-01-16T10:49:51.422-06:00My opinion: The election of Donald Trump has brou...My opinion: The election of Donald Trump has brought such fragmentation and chaos into the news business, that it is no longer accepted business as usual. You can't run a major money-making mudraker with tweets. And that is what most of these old/"traditional" papers are getting. Tweets! It's a disorganized field at present, which demands patience and insight, both of which are in short supply in this newspaper business. They are being outpaced by the internet and Twitter. Must be frustrating.trailbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830065132795330618noreply@blogger.com