tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post3460032106781087702..comments2023-10-15T11:45:24.912-07:00Comments on Letters of Thought: The Death of Journalistic StandardsMottelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-41090891105520612712009-01-12T20:49:00.000-08:002009-01-12T20:49:00.000-08:00It's sad . . . What can you do though? There's no ...It's sad . . . What can you do though? There's no hope when talking to liberals :-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, the best thing to do is to tune off. Look for news on pro-israel sites, and only look at the MSM when you want to scream and break something.Mottelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-82957714873510113602009-01-12T15:48:00.000-08:002009-01-12T15:48:00.000-08:00The situation is frustrating for me, as I try very...The situation is frustrating for me, as I try very hard to defend journalism, its integrity, the reasons and hows as to why news agencies do what they do ... but after visiting Israel and coming back and watching the news, I find it nearly impossible. People say I've been brainwashed, but I haven't. I just now know WHY news agencies report Israel/Jewish news the way they do, and before I'd never been willing to admit it. <BR/><BR/>The worst thing for a company or news agency or anything similar is to be too PRO-ISRAEL or too PRO-JEWISH. Even if all of their staff are Jewish, it's important to not be TOO much of anything. So the answer? Swing the other way, right? <BR/><BR/>It bums me out. It'd be like if Fox started reporting about how bad Republicans are or how they're so NOT republican/right wing. Know what I mean?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the news business frustrates me. As someone with a bachelor's of journalism and time at major newspapers under her belt, this whole thing has made life very difficult.Chaviva Gordon-Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332712096317076482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-24640524827746450032009-01-06T06:40:00.000-08:002009-01-06T06:40:00.000-08:00i hadn't even thought of the fact that Hamas could...i hadn't even thought of the fact that Hamas could be/is using the civilians as "sheilds"-just horrible...thank you, Mottel, for helping me to understand a bit better. i can be such a fool. :(<BR/> A very well written piece.<BR/> <BR/> Blessings, <BR/> tracytracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264215182043791934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-69793211350995393162009-01-05T17:11:00.000-08:002009-01-05T17:11:00.000-08:00Yehuda: Perhaps I wasn't clear about the 400 men -...Yehuda: Perhaps I wasn't clear about the 400 men - in so much as they fail to define who they are, we can (albeit some what facetiously) just as much assume that they are terrorists - by not saying who they are,CNN istrying to obfuscate the facts. More so, however, we can in fact safely assume that most of them were indeed Hamas'niks - when the death-toll was around 360 only 60 of those killed were civilians . . .<BR/><BR/>CNN has been somewhat better as of late, but they still have a long way to go.Mottelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-78804973424204934812009-01-05T16:36:00.000-08:002009-01-05T16:36:00.000-08:00Why should we assume that the all the men killed w...Why should we assume that the all the men killed were militants/terrorists/whatever-you-want-to-call-them?<BR/><BR/>Many of those men could be "innocent civilians"<BR/><BR/>you don't have to convince me about "main stream media" bias, but if you are going to get all riled up - and send it to CNN - make sure you are correct.<BR/><BR/>IMHO, CNN has drastically improved, for the most part they ask tough questions of their Palestinian apologists, and give equal time to Israeli spokesmen (who also get tough questions)<BR/><BR/>True, they have a bit of a way to go, but they ain't the BBC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-37980722134723985642009-01-04T22:46:00.000-08:002009-01-04T22:46:00.000-08:00Avrumy9999 such needless self promotion is not acc...Avrumy9999 such needless self promotion is not acceptable . . .Mottelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-38744734273485882792009-01-04T22:08:00.000-08:002009-01-04T22:08:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928719472527897732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-84649062192397584212009-01-04T16:07:00.000-08:002009-01-04T16:07:00.000-08:00-Autone: In truth I almost question why I even bot...-Autone: In truth I almost question why I even bother going to CNN . . . It's as if I'm looking to be upset.<BR/>-Farbrengen: I did now ;-) Though I know it helps, it annoys me the lack of response I get . . . Though BBC did once reply to me.Mottelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-38491106618824643052009-01-04T15:49:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:49:00.000-08:00BS"DDid you email this to CNN etc?BS"D<BR/>Did you email this to CNN etc?Farbrengenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657438002121076990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-63556044677462929262009-01-04T15:03:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:03:00.000-08:00The best example of biased reporters at CNN is Chr...The best example of biased reporters at CNN is Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspondent.<BR/>In every report, safely inside Israel she talks of the Palestinian civilian casualties, highlighting the number of women and children killed.<BR/><BR/>She has always been a America and Israel hater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com