Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:17:48 -0500 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <41215CBC.5060403@yahoo.com> References: <7bc0i0db6sct29bfsn9ddn8lrmgifgvpna@4ax.com> <21i0i0limt9a0bg6g99i66tq0eco8mbcg6@4ax.com> <73fde4f0.0408160649.9fe8883@posting.google.com> <2ocn29F98qm5U5@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de BRMxHafTFditf1i+KtWZSwXzWiT9iI6l5tTtQiz3xkFlu3oymT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16498 Brett Robson wrote: > > > Crew Member of the Month Kevin Gowen said : > >> John W. wrote: >> > >>> I think the problem in >>> the US is that 'fair and balanced' (nod to lawsuit-liking Fox) doesn't >>> really mean that for either side. Also, there's just too many news >>> outlets, which is good if people actually attempt to get all sides of >>> an issue, but they don't. >> >> >> >> I think the problem is that people disregard two axioms: >> 1. There is no such thing as an objective journalist >> 2. There is no such thing as an objective reader/viewer/listener. > > > I think the problem is you are confusing "axiom" with "assertion by fat > ignorant unemployed law graduate". > > News is not opinion. Fact should be presented as fact. Opinion should be > expressed as opinion. > > News channels that extol their patriotism are not news channels. > Cheerleaders are not journalists. > If you said cheerleaders are not football players that's a pretty good line. John W.