Comments on: MSM pushing back against the blogosphere?

By: G Monster

G Monster — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 05:12:08 +0000

You have abc, nbc, cbs, cnn, msnbc and a few others catering to the left and slanting the news. Slanting is actually a thing of the past. They now actually create the news to fit thier agenda. Dan Rather, and the recent Nascar incident to name a few. I remember during the second trial for the officers who beat Rodney King, NBC’s new slogan was, we’ll show it to you. They were hoping for riots. I wonder what kind of individual would tape the beating of Reginald Denny, but not get out of thier helicopter to help him. It is pretty simple to figure out why Fox is doing so well.

By: scottfromca

scottfromca — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:34:10 +0000

Sister ToldJah,

Off topic, but girlfriend, you’ve got the prettiest hair! I wish I could get my hair to look that good. Props girlfriend.

By: The Anchoress » Is the outrage unsustainable?

The Anchoress » Is the outrage unsustainable? — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:10:21 +0000

[...] Chris Muir is doing his part with another insightful cartoon, today. But it seems Sister Toljah’s weekend analysis that the MSM is pushing back against the blogs by refusing to report on this story is very likely quite right. [...]

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:45:36 +0000

Hi Lokki! Yes, I suppose she did make one tiny point worth mentioning

I think one good thing about the blogosphere is that everyone is always factchecking everyone so that means the full 411 about issues eventually always comes out

By: Lokki

Lokki — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:55:46 +0000

Ms. Clark hit one thing exactly on point: Don’t accept anything you read on them as truth unless it has been independently verified.
The problem is that the MSM simply can’t be trusted. Therefore we started to gossip among ourselves in blogs. Eventually we discovered that there are so many of us that someone almost always finds out the truth. We have to sort through a lot of chaff, but at least it’s available to sort through. The MSM are not finished, but they are now returned to the level of small-town reporters who couldn’t lie about local issues, because the town gossips would catch them. They’re back to the dogcatcher status they had before the Nixon/Watergate story made the public heros.

By: TonyGuitar

TonyGuitar — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:44:35 +0000

Eric Enberg, formerly of CBS News said;
*And what I saw in the blogosphere on Nov. 2 was more reminiscent of that school paper or a “Breaker, breaker 19″ gabfest on CB than anything approaching journalism.*

Eric resents bogsite debate and de-spun news and reacts without due caution.

He likens blogsite writing to breaker rubber duckie channel nineteen CB radio.

Eric is clearly not aware that very good and sound debate was often practiced on frequencies above the standard CB *40*.

These *freqs* are well below the 10 meter Ham band and did not draw any FCC attention to us, the slightly smug elite SSBers of CB sideband.

By failing to consult with a seasoned CB radio debate hound, Eric has stepped on his own jahong.

Eric also betrays that his prejudiced mindeset has kept him from discovering blogsites where news and current events are regularily synthisized into a clear and more honest understanding than most of the MSM.

Too bad Eric. You loose. There are plenty of excellent news and editorial forums on the web. You just do not have the motivation or understanding to find them.

When better blogosphere writers join together and colaborate, the MSM will tremble in their boots. 73s TonyGuitar at BendGovt.ca

By: Al Mascitti

Al Mascitti — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:03:07 +0000

Gee, I feel out of place…I’m a reasonably liberal MSM columnist, blogger and radio talk show host, and I disagree vehemently with the writers Sister quotes. I think bloggers are the greatest thing to happen to journalism since – well, maybe not movable type, but certainly since the PC made desktop publishing possible. One way I stay clear of the groupthink that pollutes the MSM is by staying out of the newsroom as much as possible, since it’s the one place on Earth where we know news isn’t happening…

MD is right, the threat to MSM is that thanks to the web, journalism is no longer confined to the people MSM outlets deign to hire. As a perfect example of the free market at work, this will result in making a paying career out of journalism harder, but the overall quality of the product better. BLOG ON!!!

By: The Cassandra Page

The Cassandra Page — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:14:42 +0000

Rathergate anniversary – 32 days and counting – MS

The New York Times is faced with an impossible dilemma (much like CBS in September, 2004). Either (1) continue to ignore the scandal and face further erosion of credibility and loss of relevance or (2) acknowledge the scandal (with its best leftist s…

By: Atlas Blogged

Atlas Blogged — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 13:59:37 +0000

NY Times’ inquiry reveals John Roberts’ children bought from Air America Radio child slavery ring; Reports “nothing irregular” about adoptions.

Air America Radio *still* enjoying MSM immunity while leftist elite laugh at American taxpayers.

By: HA

HA — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:18:16 +0000

According to Nick Coleman:

And as for being a political stooge, unlike the bloggies, I don’t give money to politicians, I don’t put campaign signs on my lawn, I don’t attend political events as anything other than a reporter, I don’t drink with pols and I have an ear trained to detect baloney.

No, its even worse than all that. He works for a metropolitian daily.

So my (likely rhetorical) questions for Coleman are, who do you vote for? If you don’t vote, who would you vote for? And is your journalism skewed in a manner that is favorable towards those you do or would vote for? Do you select facts favorable to those you support and unfavorable to those you don’t? Do you omit facts unfavorable to those you suppport and favorable to those you do? And finally, how many DNC talking point “facts” do you include in your columns that just ain’t so?

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:45:11 +0000

MSM pushing back against the blogosphere?

The MSM is too stupid to realise it is the reason that Rabid Left programming (radio and TV) has not taken off.

By: The Baltimore Reporter

The Baltimore Reporter — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:19:59 +0000

[...] The Main Stream (meaning republican hating) media must feel like Cornwallis’s army playing “the world turned upside down” judging by some of thie rattacks against the bloggers of late here. and here. [...]

By: Likelihood of Confusion by Ron Coleman

Likelihood of Confusion by Ron Coleman — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:05:15 +0000

Nominated for Stupidity, Kind of

Mike Bates reports that he’s been Whirled nominated for 2005 Mapes Award” href=”http://www.batesline.com/archives/001853.html”>BatesLine: Whirled nominated for a 2005 Mapes Award by the Rathergate blog. The stupidity part actually refers to the act…

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:08:03 +0000

Hi everyone and thank you thank you thank you for all your visit, your kind words and well wishes, and thoughtful commentary on this issue. I sincerely appreciate the feedback! We’re all on the same page here Some more thoughts:

It’s pretty obvious to me what’s going on here with the MSM, and in particular the NYTimes. Face it, when the NYSun and NYPost are both covering this issue, but the NYTimes is not, you know something is up. One commenter (Teflon) brought up the fact that when Air America was in the planning stages, and when it was launched, the MSM lavished it with some of the most fawning, adoring press imaginable. Noww, when it’s under suspicion of wrongdoing (and in a major way)? Nothing.

And the MSM wonders why so many don’t trust them?

By: Typewriter King

Typewriter King — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 01:35:45 +0000

Mister Klein needs to take a good look at his news organization, keep a record of how often his talking heads speculate about whose running for office in ‘08, and compare the useless hours they spend making wild guesses about McCain and co. blogs like mine.

They’ll find most of us dabble far less in rumors than “real journalists,” I’m sure of it.

Your site layout is cute.:grin: