28 Oct
2004
28 Oct
'04
7:39 a.m.
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, John Foust wrote:
I was once interviewed by an Enquirer reporter (for an
incident that
shall remain unnamed). He very much wanted to put words and phrases
into my mouth. It wasn't so much an interview as a contest for
him to find phrases I would agree to say. I refused, so the
story never ran.
I can say the same about the Associated Press!
Art Hoppe's book "The Perfect Solution to Absolutely Everything"
has a great example in the misreporting of a speech that my father
made.
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Paul Koning wrote:
People wouldn't be nearly so confused if it
weren't for the fact that
95% of newspaper reporters and editors are Democrats.
The right wing says that the press is left wing.
The left wing says that the press is right wing.
People can SEE that the media is lousy, but they can't
really pin down WHAT they hate about it, so they
associate it with the opposing political party.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com