Comments on: Chicago Tribune on a Form of Unreliable Media

By: kbiel

kbiel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

We need to call them on this lie:
“Nowhere on Krempasky’s site, however, did he disclose that he is the political director for American Target Advertising, a Virginia firm run by Richard Viguerie”

I beg to differ:
http://www.rathergate.com/index.php?p=63

By: Mike Krempasky

Mike Krempasky — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It’s worse than that - the WHOIS registry was as plain as day. Complaining about anonymity w/o checking that is like complaining about an unlisted telephone number with out opening the phone book.

By: Eric Anondson

Eric Anondson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Consider that reporters in Chicago went and dug out divorce records of Jack Ryan and buried his senate campaign. Certainly reporters should be subjected to the same scrutiny. They deserve no less.

By: smsms

smsms — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Especially when they do as Rather did and actually become part of the story. For sure once you cross that line, you forfeit whatever shred of anonymity or privacy you might deserve.

By: ed

ed — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm.

Ok. Someone make up a list of reporters. We can all have a bit of fun detective work chasing down the backgrounds of these people.

Perhaps even post them on a permanent website so people can be aware of a reporter’s bias.

By: Rich Rostrom

Rich Rostrom — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Anybody who refers to a poster at freerepublic as a “blogger” is hopelessly ignorant about the Internet and the Web. Expecting such people to comprehend something as “abstruse” as WHOIS registration is like expecting a turtle to tapdance.

By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Just for the record, do you know if Ken Silverstein holds any stock in or mutual funds dealing in publicly traded companies, has a 401k or other pension plan that contains same, has ever been arrested or convicted of any crime, has ever registed with Selective Service or served in the military of the United States or any other country ?

By: PRESTOPUNDIT -- BEATING DRUDGE DAILY

PRESTOPUNDIT -- BEATING DRUDGE DAILY — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

BELLY LAUGH OF THE DAY.
“[m]any leading newspaper editors and TV directors are generally disdainful of bloggers, who assume the mantle of the free press but operate outside of traditional journalistic rules that aspire…

By: Ubi Libertas

Ubi Libertas — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

What’s sauce for the goose
Patterico makes a nice point about MSM snobbishness regarding blogs. Actually two nice points - the first could be paraphrased as “tell me I didn’t just read an old media buffoon complaining about inaccuracy and hidden agendas of blogs in…