[Dean's World] Aziz P: reality vs spin

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Posted by Aziz P:
reality vs spin
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1159286860.shtml


   John Cole, remarking on the thesis (advocated by Glenn, Austin Bay,
   and others) that teh media is actively supporting the terrorists'
   goals, pretty much [1]sums up my view.

     it seems Glennâs real complaint is that the media refuses to be
     spun by the âgood guys,â but is somehow buying the âspinâ of the
     bad guys. I donât see that. I see them trying to report what they
     know at the time, and I donât think what the jihadists and
     terrorists said was or is âspin.â I think they really do want to do
     what they are saying, and I donât have a problem with the media
     reporting that. That isnât being spun- that is accurately reporting
     what they want to do, and I support them reporting it much like I
     support allowing the KKK to march down the streets of Skokie â I
     want to see what the crazy bastards are up to rather than having
     them fester underground.

     At any rate, I simply do not buy the argument that the media being
     cautious when dealing with an administration and military
     establishment that routinely does lie to them is somehow a problem,
     and I donât buy the argument that reporting the desires and
     statements of jihadists is somehow âhelpingâ them. If anything, it
     galvanizes support against them.

     It seems to me the core of this distaste with the media is the
     false impression that, for whatever reasons, the media is on the
     side of the terrorists because they report what they do, yet not on
     the side of the good guys because they are skeptical after being
     lied to a number of times. If that is the case, Glennâs problem
     isnât the media coverage, it is that he is not getting to decide
     what the media is covering.

   His co-blogger Tim actually reports with skepticism what many,
   including Glenn and Bay, have simply accepted at face value - that
   President Talabani might (shocker!) be engaging in some [2]spinning of
   his own. And that Talabani's proposal looks rather familiar.

References

   1. http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=7364
   2. http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=7369