Comments on: Nicely Said Brotha http://www.boilbeforedrinking.com/2007/11/nicely-said-brotha.html Watching... Tue, 25 May 2010 13:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ninja Man: With Ninja Powers! http://www.boilbeforedrinking.com/2007/11/nicely-said-brotha.html/comment-page-1#comment-51 Ninja Man: With Ninja Powers! Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:07:00 +0000 http://boilbeforedrinking.com/131/nicely-said-brotha/#comment-51 Yes, apparently this journalistic laziness isn't new. I remember hearing from a reporter friend of Dad's how at most events only 1 or 2 journalist actually observe and record what's going on, and the rest sit in the bar and wait for the results.<br/><br/>What's newer, and what of course doesn't help, is the drastic cuts in personell and funding in news depts. Forces them to print or air stuff directly from the Fraser Institute or some other such "think tank" and veil it is "news". Bah! Yes, apparently this journalistic laziness isn’t new. I remember hearing from a reporter friend of Dad’s how at most events only 1 or 2 journalist actually observe and record what’s going on, and the rest sit in the bar and wait for the results.

What’s newer, and what of course doesn’t help, is the drastic cuts in personell and funding in news depts. Forces them to print or air stuff directly from the Fraser Institute or some other such “think tank” and veil it is “news”. Bah!

]]> By: The Runs http://www.boilbeforedrinking.com/2007/11/nicely-said-brotha.html/comment-page-1#comment-49 The Runs Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:55:00 +0000 http://boilbeforedrinking.com/131/nicely-said-brotha/#comment-49 Sometime during the last election, I read a good article along a similar vein, but focusing on John McCain. I can't find it to link to, but the gist of it was that the media was constantly referring to McCain as the 'rogue senator from Arizona' and that by repeatedly using this phrase alongside his name, they were essentially editorializing against him. The other point in the article was that the author felt most instances of 'rogue senator...' in print was due to sheer laziness or lack of intelligence, and the authors blindly copying or taking dictation from a third source. Too bad I can't find it. Sometime during the last election, I read a good article along a similar vein, but focusing on John McCain. I can’t find it to link to, but the gist of it was that the media was constantly referring to McCain as the ‘rogue senator from Arizona’ and that by repeatedly using this phrase alongside his name, they were essentially editorializing against him. The other point in the article was that the author felt most instances of ‘rogue senator…’ in print was due to sheer laziness or lack of intelligence, and the authors blindly copying or taking dictation from a third source. Too bad I can’t find it.

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