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| Thread ID: 127716 | 2012-11-08 20:51:00 | Cut the Crap and Stop the Rot. | WalOne (4202) | PC World Chat |
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| 1311261 | 2012-11-08 20:51:00 | "Big chunks of the media haven't caught up with the public. So, even though conservatives complain that reporters are liberal, and even though many may in fact be, most reporters also just kind of assume that conservatives, who come from the heartland and the South and speaking in American accents and tend to have gone to more proletarian kinds of universities, must surely have a firmer grasp of the American pulse. They most certainly do not. But reporters assume they do, and they buy conservatives' spin. And so up to Election Day, many mainstream reporters bought the idea that the race was tight as a tick. But it never was. Never. It was pretty close for about 12 days, from Oct. 3 to Oct. 15 or so. Then it wasn't again." ** Sure, this was the USA Election, and the spin was probably more obvious to distant observers - like us in New Zild. But even so, we had the debacle where our news media bought into this crap, and reported - as I commented yesterday - as though it was a neck and neck horse race. It never was. We need to hold our local media to account. To report factually. To distance itself from foreign spin. Before the rot sets in. :mad: ** Michael Tomasky in The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1311262 | 2012-11-08 20:59:00 | Yeah RIGHT!!! Good luck in your endeavours........................... |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1311263 | 2012-11-09 09:47:00 | Yeah, start with the editors of the NZ and Australian editions of Time magazine, and educate them that we don't want to see months and months of the rag dedicated to disecting every little nuance of the polls and the results. Two pages pre-election, and 2 pages post election is more than enough in this end of the world. Their obsessive coverage of US politics was the key reason I told them where to put their subscription.... about a decade ago now, but nothing will have changed. Time is garbage, and US politics is totally over-hyped here, and in the US! Best ignored until it actually matters a toss. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1311264 | 2012-11-10 00:29:00 | The NZ news media seems to be following the trend of "manufacturing" news events . If there is nothing going on or they can't get the information they want, they create it by taking something an ""expert" has said and blow it all out of proportion . Or interpret it in a way where they can string it out for as long as they can . It is getting to the point where I wonder if they are just making it up . They would make out if a tree fell in the woods, that there must have been some "evil" person that has chopped the tree down, because a local Enviromentalist said there was no way the tree could have fallen down on its own . Just that the tree was old and rotten, does not matter . The only reasons I can see them doing this, is that they want the all important ratings, so they can sell their advertising and also make a name for themselves . It has got to the point where the truth does not matter, only the story . If I want a good story, I will read a book . :2cents: PS: As long as they don't get rid of the "hotties" doing the weather . |
Jeff (1070) | ||
| 1311265 | 2012-11-10 04:54:00 | The Auckland and Wellington based media and the its sickly liberal commie journos who work for them do not reflect the views of mainstream NZ. These sicko reporters and their one sided reporting of issues internationally and nationally is not professional they are foxnews in reverse. What planet are these journos on? its sure aint the planet out in West Auckland where calling someones shirt gay would be be a pretty mild comment. The PM should not be held to account for his views any more or less than any other proper New Zealander. | prefect (6291) | ||
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