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I'd just like to point out that there is a gratuitous swipe at a prominent politician in this piece. Of course it is wholly out of place, and should have been
by RickJWagner 7y ago
I'd just like to point out that there is a gratuitous swipe at a prominent politician in this piece. Of course it is wholly out of place, and should have been edited out in a piece of true journalism.
Regardless of your political leanings, it is astonishing to see how much time and energy is dispatched each day trying to push an opinion on an unwilling audience. One day soon, this will be known as the golden age of media propaganada.
- fake-name 7y agoIf "gratuitous swipe" is your term for accurate description, sure.
- hdjejdjd 7y agoYour last sentence demonstrates an ignorance of history that strips you of any credibility.
- jrockway 7y agoIt was a direct quote from a source.
- RickJWagner 7y agoYes, true. But it was unnecessary for the story-- it added nothing. I'm sure the author had many more quotes from many of the subjects, yet not all were chosen to print.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoSelecting quotes for a nonpolitical story based on political considerations would be terribly agenda-driven journalism.
- mynameishere 7y agoBut that's why the quote was included. Who are you arguing with? Newspapers do this sort of thing all the time. If some source used the phrase "latest Obama atrocity" the NY Times would never use that phrase--unless they framed it in a way to destroy the person making the quote. I don't get upset about this. It's just how journalism is.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI don't think that's true, although I unfortunately don't have any good ideas for how to prove it.
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