Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, Actually, I do not find the Economist unbiased. I love the magazine--its writing style, its thoroughness, the total absence of lifestyle and celebrity articles--but it does have a political orientation towards the right. They endorsed Bush back in 2000 and I am almost certain they will do so again this year. I shall continue to subscribe despite that. Nothing is really unbiased. Every editor has an agenda. The bias expresses itself in overt ways (such as endorsing a candidate) or more often covert (e.g. in selection of stories to cover, pictures to publish etc.). I prefer the political orientation of the media to be out in the open. From my youth in Denmark I am quite used to newspapers being associated with political parties--the Social Democrats had their rag, Aktuelt, the Conservatives had Berlingske Tidende, the middle-of-the-road Radicals (akin to the Liberals in the UK) had Politiken, the Communists Land og Folk, and so on. These affiliations are a bit more blurred these days, although the orientations, broadly defined, persist (except that the Social Democrats, despite being the largest party in the land, seem unable to run a newspaper, consequently their rag tends to go bankrupt and cease publication every few years). The medium that comes closest to being really unbiased is in my opinion the BBC--a UK national treasure. Nathan Don Dory wrote: > Jeffery, > If you want pretty non-biased reported then go the "The Economist". > They have an online edition that is pretty thorough. I don't think any > U.S. based rags are unbiased. On the bright side if you read both sides > and consider what each is removing from the table then you can > frequently guess the truth. :) > > Glad the storm did not come your way. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Jeffery Smith > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:46 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Kerry Who > > O'Reilly sparks journalistic intensity, but I wouldn't mind seeing his > ass run out of town. I really, really value honesty and integrity in > journalism over panache. I move from Time to Newsweek to US News & World > Report searching for journalism without an axe to grind. Boring? Maybe. > But there's something to be said for non-biased reporting. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > MCyclWritr@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:49 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Kerry Who > > Why should we care? WHY should we care? B.D., we HAVE TO care. > > After all, M.B. Howard was the prototypical new age journalist. Not just > > another tattered, pants-pissing newspaper reporter warming a barstool in > the > Denver Press Club, but a cutting edge (that'd be the edge of a > single-edge razor > blade, of course) coke dust Hoover who sparked journalistic intensity > via > jangled nerves and $1,000-a-day habit, rather than a foggy, old-school > rage fueled > by a three-boilermaker lunch. > > And to think we ran his sorry ass out of town. How shortsighted could we > have > been? : ) > > Mr. Reverence, Chris Lawson > > B.D. writes: > > And we care about the former editor of the Rocky Mountain News, why? ;-) > > >>>Chris Lawson takes a wild guess: > > > Let me guess. Would that be Michael Balf Howard, former Rocky Mountain > News (Denver) editor-in-chief and cocaine addict who slithered out of > town in shame? > > No, I didn't think so. > > -Chris Lawson<< > >>>>nbeddoe@lehman.com writes: > > > How many Americans can tell me who Michael Howard is? > > Neil<<< > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com