Re: Yesterday's New York Times propaganda gets Jayson Blair award

[QCao009@aol.com]

In a message  dated 1/22/2008 2:28:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
Csubstance@aol.com  writes:

One of  the reasons we have always been skeptical of what passes for "news" 
in 
the  pages of The New York Times is that for the past decade they have been  
uncritical cheerleaders for Chicago's version of dictatorial corporate  
"school 
reform."

The article that appeared on page one of  yesterday's editions (we get the 
National edition here) was almost pure  agitprop and would have made a great 
subject for dissection as propaganda  were I teaching journalism at this 
point. 
"Experts say..." over and over,  then only one side of the "experts" was just 
the 
most obvious sleight of  hand. 
George:
 
All of us have to be a lot less naive about our expectations of the press  
doing the right thing.  What can we expect from an entity that adds Bill  
Kristol to its editorial group ?  Would you not turn away from CNN's  coverage of 
anything when you see William Bennett's mug ?  In the guise of  balance, 
sometimes even smart people do the silliest thing.
 
Quan



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