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Liberals sure have figured out how to use the blogosphere to their advantage.
A comment Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley made at a recent forum in Las Cruces exploded onto the national stage on Wednesday thanks to their efforts. It’s sure to come back to bite Ti ... Continue reading »
A comment Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley made at a recent forum in Las Cruces exploded onto the national stage on Wednesday thanks to their efforts. It’s sure to come back to bite Ti ... Continue reading »
11 months ago
Mr. Edward Tinsley III is using the Karl Rove method of debating? As Rove stated: "And that gives the conservative message machine a significant, built-in advantage over liberals. In this environment, confrontation, indignation, morality plays, good guys and axes of evil naturally dominate political debate, just as they do in Hollywood blockbusters. The fear-mongering, fury and self-righteousness of Fox News, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity and Coulter makes much better theater than "nurturers" like Bill Moyers. Conservatives rage, liberals whine. And rage is much more entertaining."
The "raging" Tinsley has made good theater - but he goofed up. This is the same Ed Tinsley who said about the death penalty: "I would certainly like to take the people out and drag them behind my horse until their head popped off." That hurt him in his last run for Congress. The Pearce campaign successfully used his remarks against him.
11 months ago
Is Heath implying that the "context" of Tinsley's remarks about throat cutting rendered them unworthy of being reported on in his post on the Las Cruces forum (or in the Sun-News article)?
Personally, I can't think of any context that would justify accusing your political opponent of wanting to cut the throats of American troops. And I can't imagine hearing a candidate say something like that and failing to report it as a cogent fact in a story about the event.
"Reporters" may not be as obvious about inserting their opinions in their coverage, but by including or ignoring things like Tinsley's remarks, they can give their pieces a slant nonetheless. Was the "debate over debates" or the rules of the forum really more important than the fact that Tinsley said what he said?
Blogs like mine make no bones about being partisan. Along with factual stories, we provide opinion that's often passionate. Everybody reading blogs like mine gets that and considers what I write accordingly. But it's a fact that Tinsley said what he said. Period. No amount of context can change the fact that it was a personal and dishonest attack.
There is plenty of opinion on NMI, Heath's blog and others that present themselves as being "journalistic" in nature. It's just that sometimes it can be a little bit harder to discern by the casual reader.
By the way, presenting equal space for R's say, D's say, doesn't always equal balance. Sometimes one side or the other is simply right, based on the facts. Personally, I can't believe that NMI and Heath wouldn't be appalled and say so if any candidate of any party uttered what Tinsley said. Clearly it's an affront to political dialogue, regardless, and has no place in a congressional forum.
11 months ago
11 months ago
Barb, you mean like saying that dems aren't run by big money either....lol yeah right, again refer to my Coulter quote, to say that liberal blogs or neo-con blogs like limbaugh or coulter are anything but fair and balanced is a fair statement by Heath, (who does do a very good job and remain fair, even when other bloggers like yourself have no qualms about being slanted read:less than honest in what they hold out as true to the world. I would agree bloggings isn't journalism, but dishonesty is still dishonesty when you put something in the public domain.
Keep up the good work Heath, I may rarely agree with you, but you continually re-affirm why I respect you nonetheless!!!
11 months ago
11 months ago
What kind of context do we accept language like "slitting your throat" in political debates. I was just as offended when John McCain joked about beating his wife.
Anybody with journalistic scruples knows that those who are calling for a halt to the funding for the war, aren't calling for a U.S. soldier turkey shoot. To report or call into question otherwise is dishonest.
Has the author ever been to Michelle Malkin's site? Why no mention of the unethical stranglehold the right has on radio and mainstream television? On the "liberal blogosphere", readers with any sense can actually fact check.
I find it interesting that at a time when Fox news is doctoring their critics photos to make them look uglier (how is that not illegal?), that the playing of a video of a republican gaffe is called out on journalistic ethics. Should Bush saying "fool me once", or McCain getting on-air geography lessons from Lieberman been fact checked with their staffs to gleam the right "context"?
10 months ago
10 months ago
What power does the "liberal blogosphere" frame have, when it comes to public perception? How does it stack up with the recent news reported right here at NMI about the conservative slant of the opinion pages of the nation's newspapers? These same newspapers are often charged with being part of the "liberal media," so what gives?
Why not just "the blogosphere" in general? Are we to believe that Fox News doesn't regularly read conservative blogs? Someone tell me, because I don't know. But I do know that Fox news is a conservative outlet. Where does it get all the tidbits that feed its 24-hour nonstop "news"? And is it invalid for mainstream media to look to blogs for news? It appears that many news outlets do so routinely these days. It used to be that there were many more newspapers in this country, from small "rags" to metropolitan wide publications. It could be that blogs are picking up some of that slack.
Life, in fact, is not as cut and dried as a lot of career journalists would like it to be. Journalism, by its nature, interprets reality for the public. That is not a function owned by anybody. Regarding the particular case that Heath mentions here, I've actually heard counter-arguments from Barb, et al, for why that particular comment was worthy of being reported. Their question, then, is why didn't Heath himself report it? And why does he think that his interpretation of the context is more valid than theirs?
10 months ago
John McCain does not know that 9-11 was caused by Osama Bin Laden not Sedam Hussein?
John McCain does not know if Sunnis or Sheits are our enemies?
John McCain missed 10 of the past 14 votes on Iraq?
John McCain in September 2007: voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments?
John McCain July 2007: voted against a plan to drawdown troop levels in Iraq?
John McCain in March 2007 was too busy to vote on a bill that would require the start of a drawdown in troop levels within 120 days with a goal of withdrawing nearly all-combat troops within one year?
John McCain in February 2007 didn’t even bother to show up to vote against a resolution condemning it? For such a strong supporter of the escalation, McCain didn’t even bother to show up and vote for it?
John McCain in June 2006, voted against a resolution that Bush start withdrawing troops but with no timeline to do so?
John McCain in May 2006, voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities?
John McCain in April 2006, was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans?
John McCain in March 2006, voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes?
John McCain in March 2004, once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over veterans when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. Jeez, McCain really loves those tax loopholes for corporations, since he voted for them over our veterans' needs?
John McCain in October 2003, voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000?
John McCain in April 2003, urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests?
If he believes that we should stay the course for as long as possible he should be willing to support the people he puts in harms way.
10 months ago