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kujebak <kujebak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 7, 8:52 am, Karel Kriz <ka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article
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> > kujebak <kuje...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > ... regarding ****trayal of America's minorities in the context of
> > > 9/11:
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> > >http://www.spj.org/divguidelines.asp
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> > Did O'Reilly resign from this association? When did that happen?
> > For once I have to agree that I find the tone of this article a tad
> > offensive. Obviously the guidelines were ineffective and unenforcable
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> > k
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> Ineffective and unenforceable? The SPJ sets "editorial guidelines"
> for mainstream media journalism through which they establish what,
> and how things are re****ted in newspapers and television. They
> enforce compliance through peer review, much in the same way
> as the A.M.A. (and the insurance companies) maintain control of our
> health care, and the N.E.A. of our public education. This point is
> very
> im****tant, in case it has eluded you, because it is exactly how the
> communist party apparatus kept its own member****p in line in order
> to stay in charge for forty years in former Czechoslovakia. There are
> a few segments of the news industry, namely the internet, and talk
> radio, which are not under editorial influence of the SPJ. In
> reference
> to O'Reilly, (and, BTW, I'm sure you realize that he is really not a
> jour-
> nalist, but merely an "infotainer") are you implying Fox is a part of
> the
> mainstream media? If so, you just made my day ;-)
As usual, you are making a mountain out of a molehill. The media cannot
be centrally controlled, except by those who own it. These are
guidelines, misguided guidelines, but they are not a law and as such are
unenforceble as they would violate the 1st Amendment. You really ought
to try stop thinking in terms of grand conspiracies whether it's the
press, the schools or the scientists. It's kooky.
And O'Reilly, he does claim to be have a journalistic pedigree...maybe
some kind of a correspondence course, who gives a s***.
As for mainstream media, as Fox has its own network, it is part of the
mainstream media. It's one sided, bigoted, uneven, shrill and tasteless
part of the mainstream media. It is generally avoided in this house.
Here's another question that's been puzzling me. Was William F. Buckley
a raving queen? There are many indications that he was. But he was a
smart man and a reasonable one. Now the conservative movement is
imploding because of loud mouths like Limbaugh and know-nothings like
Hannity. Buckley had class and a brain and that is hard to find among
conservatives these days.
K
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