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The New York Times is often far too deferent to the U.S. Government and a lot of people do knock them for it, but the difference between that and a state-run pr
by chc 11y ago
The New York Times is often far too deferent to the U.S. Government and a lot of people do knock them for it, but the difference between that and a state-run propaganda office like RT is pretty significant. See, for example, this: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/18/malaysia-airlines-russian-reporter-quits/12847251/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/18/malaysia... where a RT reporter resigned on the spot because she was being forced to report facts that everyone knew were blatantly false. It sucks in both cases, but this is a whole different level of suck.
- throwawayaway 11y agowould you say the difference quantitative or qualitative?
- sitkack 11y agoThat says more about the reporter than the news organization. edit: downvote. All news organizations should have journalists as principled. All news orgs demand the same things.
- CamperBob2 11y ago(Shrug) If you work for Fox News, you, too, are under orders to report things that are blatantly false. (Disagree? Then you need to explain why they felt it necessary to argue in court that they have the right to lie to their viewers and call it "News.")
- comex 11y agoIndeed, one should avoid quoting Fox News or using it as a source, too. (Although that name is an umbrella for a large number of 'products' - I would trust something written on foxnews.com more than whatever Hannity said in his daily primetime show.)
- chadzawistowski 11y agoI don't disagree, but Snopes debunked that Fox News argued for the right to lie. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/foxlies.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/foxlies.asp
- A_COMPUTER 11y ago...And if you investigate her on-air quitting, you find out this: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_cold_war-hungry_neocons_stage_managed_liz_wahls_resignation_20140319 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_cold_war-hungry_neoc...