Comments on: The MSM: “In the tank for O” http://www.dcthornton.com/2008/09/29/the-msm-in-the-tank-for-o/ traveling the road less traveled since 2001 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:09:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Orion http://www.dcthornton.com/2008/09/29/the-msm-in-the-tank-for-o/comment-page-1/#comment-48829 Orion Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:56:28 +0000 http://www.dcthornton.com/?p=2895#comment-48829 Lo, these many moons ago, in a lounge in the Student Union at my college many of us were gathered to watch the liftoff of SS-1 on a TV set: The first launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia. As the countdown progressed a TV news crew trotted in and started filming the students watching the countdown, which was OK with us...until the jackass cameraman pointed his camera light at the set, which washed out the screen, which prevented us from watching the countdown. Immediately some of us began asking, more-or-less politely, for him to turn the camera away from the set. The news dingdong with him whispered something to him and he kept his light fixed on it, ruining the picture. It was something like a minute from launch so we started asking more urgently and he ignored us doggedly. With about 30 seconds to launch a mini-riot broke out and we physically removed Dingdong and her cameraman from the lounge, threatening bodily harm to them and their !@#$%^ camera if they came back. My deep-seated anger and resentment toward the media can probably be traced to that instance. From that day forward I've wanted to drown ever reporter I've ever met. Though frankly most of them earned my ire all on their own. To a man they'vebeen arrogant, condescending, and just plain snotty as hell toward me and those around me. I'm sure that as they advance in their careers from beat reporters to assitant editors, associate editors, and finally general editors they don't improve. This email from one of the few remaining humans in a news room doesn't surprise me in the least. They used to pretend they were impartial and unbiased: Now they don't even bother. Lo, these many moons ago, in a lounge in the Student Union at my college many of us were gathered to watch the liftoff of SS-1 on a TV set: The first launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia. As the countdown progressed a TV news crew trotted in and started filming the students watching the countdown, which was OK with us…until the jackass cameraman pointed his camera light at the set, which washed out the screen, which prevented us from watching the countdown.

Immediately some of us began asking, more-or-less politely, for him to turn the camera away from the set. The news dingdong with him whispered something to him and he kept his light fixed on it, ruining the picture. It was something like a minute from launch so we started asking more urgently and he ignored us doggedly. With about 30 seconds to launch a mini-riot broke out and we physically removed Dingdong and her cameraman from the lounge, threatening bodily harm to them and their !@#$%^ camera if they came back.

My deep-seated anger and resentment toward the media can probably be traced to that instance. From that day forward I’ve wanted to drown ever reporter I’ve ever met. Though frankly most of them earned my ire all on their own. To a man they’vebeen arrogant, condescending, and just plain snotty as hell toward me and those around me. I’m sure that as they advance in their careers from beat reporters to assitant editors, associate editors, and finally general editors they don’t improve. This email from one of the few remaining humans in a news room doesn’t surprise me in the least. They used to pretend they were impartial and unbiased: Now they don’t even bother.

]]> By: ben http://www.dcthornton.com/2008/09/29/the-msm-in-the-tank-for-o/comment-page-1/#comment-48826 ben Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:54:25 +0000 http://www.dcthornton.com/?p=2895#comment-48826 It's not that the voters want to stop it... half of them are actively in denial about it, and the other half fear charges of racism. It's a lose-lose. It’s not that the voters want to stop it… half of them are actively in denial about it, and the other half fear charges of racism. It’s a lose-lose.

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