From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 03:12:39 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> I will fault all news
> channels for not presenting any detailed representations of
> battle maneuvers, even after they occured. All you ever see
> is a basic map of Iraq as a whole with stupid icons of red
> and blue tanks, troops, planes, etc....
> I have yet to see any station besides FOX even attempt to
> discuss what is an is not a war crime and what the Geneva
> Conventions say, for instance.
Perhaps some media mogul should create a "Military News" channel for your
liking. The cable news market seems to be able to find a way to fill every
possible market niche (The History Channel, the Discovery Channel, etc,
etc.)
>> I'm not saying that FOX makes a secret of its intentionally
>> right-winged biased editorials, but in general the network offers
>> almost nothing from the "other side."
>
> On the contrary, O'Reilly, who you hate, ALWAYS has the
> opposition on for every issue debated.
But he seldom invites guests who aren't easy and juicy targets for the
right, and then he barely gives them an opportunity to present their views.
That show is appropriately titled "The O'Reilly Factor." It's all about what
Bill O'Reilly thinks, and to hell with anyone who disagrees.
> If Max More's experience on Crossfire is representative of
> that show (and it is) you are entirely wrong.
I don't know about More's experience on Crossfire. It's unfortunate that
neither the left nor the right are especially sympathetic to
extropianism/transhumanism. I'd wager More would be treated even worse on
FOX.
>> Regarding Neil Cavuto's scathing ad hominem attack on the professor
>> at FOX:
>>
>>> I'll note here that you don't seem to be quoting anything the
>>> professor said in his letter to Cavuto. Such is evidence of bias.
>>
>> Excuse me, Mike, but neither did Cavuto. I don't have any such
>> information about the professor's supposed letter.
>
> Then you should have watched the show as it was originally
> broadcast. I did, and Cavuto did, in fact, read the letter on the
> show.
Actually I did watch the show as it was originally broadcast. And checking
the transcript at www.foxnews.com, yes I do see that you're right that
Cavuto quoted an excerpt from the professor's letter. The portion of the
letter as quoted however contained only the professor's complaint that
journalists like Cavuto should not be so biased and a rather unpleasant
accusation that Cavuto "had no right having a show." The professor's
complaint was arguably objectionable, and I don't blame Cavuto for
disagreeing and defending himself, but the professor's letter did not
contain anything approaching the level of the slanderous epithets and
scathing vitriolic in Cavuto's childish response.
-gts
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