Disturbing about our News.
posted by pylornsI went home for lunch today and flipped on the television as I ate my quick lunch and came across a self-promoting ad about the Democratic National Convention. It said, and I quote”
Watch the Democratic National Convention Coverage on CNN for a new angle on an old tradition.
A new angle? I wasn’t aware that when you report the news you needed an angle or a spin? Reporting the news is supposed to be unbiased and factual. Since when did I want to have a new angle? I know that almost all major news outlets are notoriously uber-liberal. But for the love of god, do they have to continually shove it in my face.
Next up in examples of piss poor news reporting is pointed out by Wizbang.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton’s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a Justice Department investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned.
Berger’s home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI agents armed with warrants after he voluntarily returned documents to the National Archives. However, still missing are some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration’s handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration.
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had made while reading classified anti-terror documents at the archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants.
This was the AP release which was 28 paragraphs - the New York Times thought it’d be best to censor the story, in order to make it more suitable. They don’t think you need to know all the other information. The NYT only had 6 paragraphs. Can we say bias? Can we say Orwellian?
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