http://rhetorica.net/archives/3005.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://rhetorica.net/archives/3005.html/comment-page-1#comment-3288 acline Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:45:15 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=3005#comment-3288 PhDs are just an example. And the he-said/she-said format is one of the odd things that happen when we operate with a fairness bias and a narrative bias. Your example is a good one. PhDs are just an example. And the he-said/she-said format is one of the odd things that happen when we operate with a fairness bias and a narrative bias. Your example is a good one.

]]> http://rhetorica.net/archives/3005.html/comment-page-1#comment-3287 rgrafton Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:08:39 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=3005#comment-3287 This doesn't have anything to do with Ph.D's, but it does have something to do with the he said/ he said bias in the news. I don't watch network news as a rule, but it seems everytime I do, it just reinforces my opinion that cluelessness is a requirement to be a journalist. This was when Ghaddafi (sp?) of Lybia renounces all WMD and asked to be returned to the community of nations in good standing. Now any reasonable person would think that a former bad actor on the terrorism stage renouncing his evil ways would be good news for the whole world. But no. I don't remember if it was CBS, NBC or ABC, but one of these leading lights of information looked far and wide to find an opposing view of "Ghaddifi renounces terrorism is good". They finally found the mother of a person who had been killed in the airplane shot down by Lybian terrorists (was it Lockerbie?) and she said GWB was WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! to lift sanctions against Lybia. That this lady should have a voice in shaping foreign policy is just strange, but I suppose it is not more strange than allowing the 9/11 Families (mostly those opposed by GWB) to determine what changes should be made in the intelligence community. Besides being related to the victims of 9/11 or Lockerbie or whatever, what expertise do these people have? MSM doesn't care, it's all about being a victim and shaping policy and bashing GWB. This doesn’t have anything to do with Ph.D’s, but it does have something to do with the he said/ he said bias in the news. I don’t watch network news as a rule, but it seems everytime I do, it just reinforces my opinion that cluelessness is a requirement to be a journalist. This was when Ghaddafi (sp?) of Lybia renounces all WMD and asked to be returned to the community of nations in good standing. Now any reasonable person would think that a former bad actor on the terrorism stage renouncing his evil ways would be good news for the whole world. But no. I don’t remember if it was CBS, NBC or ABC, but one of these leading lights of information looked far and wide to find an opposing view of “Ghaddifi renounces terrorism is good”. They finally found the mother of a person who had been killed in the airplane shot down by Lybian terrorists (was it Lockerbie?) and she said GWB was WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! to lift sanctions against Lybia. That this lady should have a voice in shaping foreign policy is just strange, but I suppose it is not more strange than allowing the 9/11 Families (mostly those opposed by GWB) to determine what changes should be made in the intelligence community. Besides being related to the victims of 9/11 or Lockerbie or whatever, what expertise do these people have? MSM doesn’t care, it’s all about being a victim and shaping policy and bashing GWB.

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