The MSM is now launching the counteroffensive against the blogosphere for bringing Eason Jordan down. Bill Press, former columnist and Dem operative, and who now sports a "Kiss Me, I'm a Journalist!" button, believes that the ultra-right bloggers were out to get CNN (I guess after exxing-out Dan Rather). Press, appearing on "Realiable Sources with Howard Kurtz, David Gergen, and Jeff (BuzzMachine) Jarvis, ranted on how bloggers aren't real journalists.
Well , Mr. Press, I offer my examples of what is and what is not journalism. These description may disagree with yours.
An Example of Real Journalism:
Des Moines, Iowa - The cat owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Stanislaw Dupa of 101 Maple Street was found dead today, apparently struck by an automobile sometime last night. The Dupas normally let "Pooky" outside for a few minutes each night, "to powder her nose", said Mrs. Dupa. However, last night Pooky did not return to the door, and a frantic search into the early hours of the morning failed to find the cat. Pooky was found on the side of nearby State Route 56 after daylight. The Dupas say they are not sure whether they will get another cat to replace their beloved Pooky.
Example of MSM Journalism:
Des Moines, Iowa - Irene Dupa sips coffee at her kitchen table on a Monday afternoon, the strong plainswoman seeming to restrain a torrent of grief, doubt, and fear that entered her life this morning.
Irene's companion, Pooky, a mixed Siamese-Angora, was found dead after mysteriously vanishing Sunday evening. Authorities' questioning now centers on Irene's husband Stanislaw Dupa, the last family member to see Pooky alive, and who claims to have no knowledge of her demise.
Yet a troubling chain of events, perhaps coincidental, yet perhaps more sinister, may link Mr. Dupa's supressed rage, his failing business, Bush Administration policies, and Des Moines' historical insensitvity to animal rights.
Carla Zlagg, spokesperson for the Central Iowa Animal-Womynist Alliance commented, when informed of the tragedy, "it's clear that people who seek a dignified life for all creatures should become informed on the basic facts of this case. Mr. Dupa is an independent meat producer, and faces increasing competition from the factory farms sponsored by George Bush's cronies. Men such as Dupa were never taught about dealing with feelings and stress, and in this part of the country, much violence is focused on animals. But there is no excuse for violence of this kind. Our group can provide support in a nuturing, safe environment if Irene feels she is at risk."
Calls to the White House on a possible link to Pooky's death were not returned.
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How about more hard facts as less opinion disguised as news on Page One of the New York Times? For example, how much news have you read recently about Afghanistan? Precious little has been reported, other than the parroting about how the country is in the hands of opium warlords, blah, blah, blah. There is a tremendous amount of good news coming out of there that doesn't make the ink of the NYT. The WSJ has now made it a point to publish a round up of this news to fill this vacuum. Ask Pinch Sulzberger why they don't cover this, and why the tremendous enthusiasm for democracy there and in Iraq has befuddled the MSM.
News: there were communists in high places in the USG in the 40s-50s. Alger Hiss was a spy, so were the Rosenbergs. Many intellectuals and scientists were naive fools for flirting with Stalinism in the 30s. Should they all have been excoriated? No. I'm glad Ed Murrow and CBS help to stop McCarthy. But I'm also glad Soviet agents were exposed within the government.
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