I see, said the blind man.

And so the jag ends on a high note.

I have nothing but the greatest respect for journalists as well as a deep appreciation for the almost impossible job they have when trying to cover a war. The danger, the confusion, the rush to fill air time and to make deadlines – all this is a…

I was there, in Grant Park, and what was televised and what Cronkite narrated was a lie. It was staged by the rioters FOR the cameras, just like they are doing in the Middle East today.

Like the rest of us, I received another refresher course from Dan Rather in September 2004.

… prefer respectful suggestions to emphatic demands :)

Axe on August 24, 2006 at 3:40 PM

Allegedly,

rightwing bloggers are aiming, as always, to discredit the media elephant as a whole when they’d be much better off chewing on one caption, one picture and one article, at a time

Allah’s second fisking almost gets the coveted Electric Bugaloo subtitle. Almost. Maybe we’ll have to give that to Bob Owens?……

I use the word “his” loosely.

Heh…

We need to evaluate every situation we encounter and make an objective decision as to how we cover these stories.

LOL! He literally doesn’t know what objective means.

The second installment of Editor …

Sorry; forgot myself. I should have written “His arguments should probably be understood in that context.”

… prefer respectful suggestions to emphatic demands :)

In what terror apologists label a ‘holy Jihad resistance movement against an illegal occupying force,’ radical militant raccoons have descended on Washington and systematically murdered innocent resident cats.
The ACLU moved quickly to defe…

“With all this new technology we’re zooming back and forth just bouncing all over the place. It’s good we’ve slowed down a little and started to talk about this again. Today I sent a picture off to a wire service. It was an editorial shoot and I used a slow shutter speed to blur the background. Usually when I check-in my images I get an ‘it’s fine, bye.’ Today the editor asked me if the blurring was done in-camera.

So, there’s … something. But it continues (my em):

“I’m not the least bit worried about the state of journalism or how we’re covering these stories and presenting them to our audiences. Our viewers are smart and know when they’re being fed crap. The critics of journalists have already made up their minds and no matter how perfect we are their opinions won’t change. All we can do is be honest and present our work in an ethical manner.”

I can’t figure out what that’s supposed to mean. Viewers are smart enough to know when they are fed crap, and when they are, they can be expected to write posts on LFG and HA and Malkin? That doesn’t seem to be the spirit. It seems their viewers are now aware that they are being fed crap, and they are howling about it. So now what?
Mitchell’s whole point of view, this two-part defense, is summed up here:

–by rightwing bloggers aiming, as always, to discredit the media as a whole.

He’s arguing a defense of the MSM in general. His arguments need to be understood in that context.

Editors send us off all the time to shoot press conferences and ‘media opportunities.’ We need to evaluate every situation we encounter and make an objective decision as to how we cover these stories.

Of course, when a press conference or photo op is being reported, there’s rarely any question as to what the photos depict.

I wasn’t at Qana, but Tim Fadek was. If he says photos weren’t staged, then that’s good enough for me.

But if Salam Daher says they were staged, then what?

OT: Allah, did you catch this? Officials Release 12 Arrested Men

No discussion of exactly what the “suspicious” behavior was.

***updated with MSM contact info below*** Take a good look at these three images of Red Cross ambulances in Lebanon, supposedly deliberately targeted by Israel, and broadcast worldwide by the MSM last month: On August 6, I linked to Dan……