[Dean's World] Dave Price: AP or Kos Diary?

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Posted by Dave Price:
AP or Kos Diary?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1142707216.shtml


   This piece by Jennifer Loven just blows my mind.
   Headline: "[1]Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches"

     "Some look at the challenges in Iraq and conclude that the war is
     lost and not worth another dime or another day,"
     Of course, hardly anyone in mainstream political debate has made
     such assertions.

   Sheesh. First off, Loven's "of course" notwithstanding, anyone who
   follows the news knows what she wrote isn't true, unless someone is
   going to claim Howard Dean and John Murtha are outside "mainstream
   debate" or didn't say we weren't going to win the war and advocate
   immediate withdrawal. And Dems certainly debate the same way, but
   there's no mention of that in the article.
   This is straight reporting? It sounds more like a DNC press release.
   The whole press objectivity thing has gone right out the window. I
   think we'd be better served if reporters just admitted their biases up
   front, and let their readers decide for themselves what spin is being
   put on their reports.

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060318/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_s_straw_men_1;_ylt=AlOk6Z7cIfpMdbYAC_gQFNpX6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl