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.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Thu Oct 28 2004 - 14:39:01 BST