Comments on: The more things change: Media Bias Dept. http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Mark W http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568/comment-page-1#comment-24281 Mark W Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:54:10 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568#comment-24281 Meryl, Have you read this vile piece by Buchanan? I'd love to hear your reaction. Meryl,

Have you read this vile piece by Buchanan? I’d love to hear your reaction.

]]> By: mike http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568/comment-page-1#comment-24241 mike Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:12:41 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568#comment-24241 As someone said on the "record review board" on American Bandstand when Dick Clark asked if he would buy the record- "I wouldn't buy it, but I'd steal it" The Times is not even worth stealing. As someone said on the “record review board” on American Bandstand when Dick Clark asked if he would buy the record-

“I wouldn’t buy it, but I’d steal it”
The Times is not even worth stealing.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568/comment-page-1#comment-24240 Meryl Yourish Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:53:04 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568#comment-24240 Actually, the point of this post is that I was writing about media bias all the way back in the spring of 2002. <blockquote>Look at the first words of each paragraph. Notice how the pro-Palestinians are groups, but the pro-Israelis are critics. Notice that “While the pro-Israeli Committee … studies newspapers for evidence of bias [emphasis mine]”, “the pro-Palestinian groups focus on issues of balance and equivalence [emphasis mine] and on common vocabulary.”</blockquote> Take a look at any of my current media bias posts. It's been going on for many years. Actually, the point of this post is that I was writing about media bias all the way back in the spring of 2002.

Look at the first words of each paragraph. Notice how the pro-Palestinians are groups, but the pro-Israelis are critics. Notice that “While the pro-Israeli Committee … studies newspapers for evidence of bias [emphasis mine]”, “the pro-Palestinian groups focus on issues of balance and equivalence [emphasis mine] and on common vocabulary.”

Take a look at any of my current media bias posts. It’s been going on for many years.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568/comment-page-1#comment-24238 Anonymous Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:31:43 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568#comment-24238 The best way to get their attention is to cancel your subscription with an explanation. I cancelled my 30 plus year subscription to the Minneapolis Star/Trib last year when they refused to call terrorists committing crimes in Israel by their rightful name- terrorists. Every few months I receive a call at home to re-subscribe to their rag sheet, this gives me an opportunity to explain why I cancelled to begin with, and it sure feels good! The best way to get their attention is to cancel your subscription with an explanation. I cancelled my 30 plus year subscription to the Minneapolis Star/Trib last year when they refused to call terrorists committing crimes in Israel by their rightful name- terrorists.
Every few months I receive a call at home to re-subscribe to their rag sheet, this gives me an opportunity to explain why I cancelled to begin with, and it sure feels good!

]]> By: Zoroastrian http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568/comment-page-1#comment-24237 Zoroastrian Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:50:20 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568#comment-24237 Every group thinks the media is biased against them. The Times probably posted those pics because it heightened the drama by showing a larger opposition - bigger conflict=bigger story. In any case I would think that it would cast a negative image of the pro-Palestinians rather than an anti-Israel bias. I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw or heard about this pictures and thought the protesters were A-holes for protesting a parade. Anyhow, if you're happy that an aggressive campaign, like a boycot, is working, then you should be prepared to take the good with the bad - just like other protestors do. And unless Zogby's or another major Arab group actually has boycotted something then it's not really biased to report his quote. Every group thinks the media is biased against them. The Times probably posted those pics because it heightened the drama by showing a larger opposition – bigger conflict=bigger story.

In any case I would think that it would cast a negative image of the pro-Palestinians rather than an anti-Israel bias. I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw or heard about this pictures and thought the protesters were A-holes for protesting a parade.

Anyhow, if you’re happy that an aggressive campaign, like a boycot, is working, then you should be prepared to take the good with the bad – just like other protestors do. And unless Zogby’s or another major Arab group actually has boycotted something then it’s not really biased to report his quote.

]]> By: Dick Stanley http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568/comment-page-1#comment-24236 Dick Stanley Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:29:32 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/01/09/2568#comment-24236 Indeed, hit 'em where they live, in their wallets. I never enjoyed anything so much as telling the circulation lady on the phone why I was canceling the NYTimes. "Because it's biased," I said. "Oh," she said. Oh, indeed. Indeed, hit ‘em where they live, in their wallets. I never enjoyed anything so much as telling the circulation lady on the phone why I was canceling the NYTimes. “Because it’s biased,” I said. “Oh,” she said. Oh, indeed.

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