Site Presented By
Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Since Bill O'Reilly has declared a cable jihad on NBC and MSNBC, you'd think he'd take this golden opportunity to shout this conflict of interest from the rooftops (his radio show and his Fox show) to embarrass NBC and put them on the spot.
What's keeping O'Reilly from putting his money where his big mouth is?
Yes, this is rhetorical, but still.
Needless to say, O'Reilly and Fox will ignore the best story around to pounce on their nemesis, MSNBC, which just goes to show you there is no honor among thieves.
I'd be surprised to hear anything about it on Olbermann, but if the story will appear anywhere on cable, that's where it might show up. He has a brand new contract.
enlightened about the basic tenants of journalism, I would love to learn more about its landlords, which seems to be the real issue here.
Um, no. The journalist and the media outlet rely on the trust of the public to ensure their livelihoods, and that's why they should never, never, never, trust ANY SOURCE!
A journalist's role in sourcing is to provide a diversity of insights and opinions from various sources, not to provide one source as the sole arbiter of the issue. That is the exact opposite of ethical journalism, and exactly what passes for mainstream--especially network journalism--today!
And in case any of you schmucks are still reading, this is a handy little website to bookmark--
The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics:
http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
The real story here is not about McCaffrey or NBC, but how a man like Glenn Greenwald, who obviously hates America, can get hold of private emails from top executives and geniune war heroes.
Let's not be distracted by Greenwald's ridiculous claims - this is a guy who has been clamouring on for years about protecting people's privacy, and now he publicly reveals private emails, which relate to our national security! What a hypocrite!
Clearly, the man has no honour or shame. Therefore we should not stoop to his level by responding to such twisted megalomania.
(/END SARCASM)
liked the way Barry used 'balanced' in his comments on the NBC memo he reviewed.
I bet he sniggered when he wrote that.
Great job, Glenn.
It's the new journalism, Glenn. They are taking a page from the Bush/Cheney book of responsibility. Deny everything at all times. Misdirect, lie, cheat, steal, do anything and everything to keep your crimes hidden. At this, sadly, they will succeed. None of the other CSM(corporate sponsored media) will touch this story for fear of their own culpability coming out. NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, FOX, all of 'em are run by the marketing departments. The info-tainment they so charmingly call 'news' is so corrupted by their corporate entanglements that I have stopped watching them completely(except of course for Keith and Rachel). As you say, they are nothing more than propaganda outlets for the Republican party. What we need is a break up of these giant media corporations. And some new anchors. The ones we have now have absolutely no credibility left.
I know you mean well, and so does everyone here. (I hope)
I just wonder if these sorts of posts could be quoted by nasty sorts who might leave off the last line and thereby change the whole meaning.
After all, I predict that Glenn is going to be a target of people in the Democratic party as well as the Republican party over the next few years.
In no way is this intended to be a reprimand or anything --- just wondering.
You are hereby entered in the Snark of the Day contest. Nice job.
If you win, you get a date with Mona.
. . . but I'll say it one more time:
NBC = General Electric
CBS = Westinghouse
ABC = Disney
Two defense contractors and the most conservative media organization that doesn't have the word, "Christian" on the masthead.
Gotta love the imbecility of that Official Response. Tenants. Sheesh. More proof were any needed that these people really are as dumb as they seem to assume their audience is.
I am a big fan of both, but I guess we are about to see if they are journalists with any amount of autonomy or just a couple more corporate controlled talking heads.
My money is on the latter but it's a bet I really hope I lose.
that he doesn't drink enough delicious Coca-Cola, and the man definitely is in need of a McDonald's Happy Meal.
Thank You!
Mickey D
If you're going to complain about a lazy and corrupt media uninterested in veracity, the least you could do is get your facts straight. GE is not JUST a defense conractor, Westinghouse has passed through many hands in the past ten years, CBS only owns its brand, and CBS used to be Viacom.
I know its hard to keep track of. In fact, this information may itself be out of date (or will be in a matter of weeks). But still.
We owe what's left of our battered democracy to you and some other bloggers who are now the site of oversight and accountability after the White House, Congress, and the press have checked out. I'm not saying every journalist or reporter is corrupted, but rather that the interests driving the war on terror, however ineptly conceived of and fought, would not be possible without considerable numbers of the Washington D.C. establishment rewriting all kinds of conventional understandings of words like "conflict of interest."
I suspect that many in the press know they are responsible for not investigating all kinds of things, but that they've told themselves "were at war," so we have to "change the rules" of journalism. Isn't this really the heart of the matter--the rhetoric of the war on terror which says "everything has changed, so our democracy must change," which means we can't have oversight, accountability, anymore, because those are just what have to be sacrified to defeat our enemy.
This is not an excuse, by the way, for everyone not doing their jobs or doing them so poorly as to lead to bizarre situations like Tim Russert saying he worked as a journalist by starting with the assumption that "everything was off the record," and then went back and asked interviewees to "go public" on certain points.
It seems that journalists decided that they had to go to war also, even though that isn't their function, or they would be "aiding and abetting."
Quite a discouraging symptom of how easily our political system can implode given the right circumstances. But the worst thing about it, the absolute worst, is the refusal of accountability, when mistakes are pointed out. It's George W. Bush writ large, as if the Zeitgeist is now, "don't ever admit you made a mistake or you will be empowering your enemy," and in this case, the enemy is the public interest.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
