Larry Gude
Strung Out
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/20/MTFH18190_2005-09-20_03-11-20_FLE011365.html
Dan doesn't like the news world as it is. You know, the one he so much helped bring about by his strong leadership in bias.
Tidbits:
Fear. Of???
In other words, politicians are fighting back? Again, fear of what?
So, Dan style bias is not dumb but good, fearless journalism? Dan is sad that the monopoly is over. The one that had almost all our news coming from 3 faces every night fro 3 decades.
Fear of competition I gather, Dan.
Of course! Those nasty old beheaders and car bombers!
Truth to power.
I truly wonder if Dan Rather ever, late at night, understands that his 40 year left/right bias, climaxed by his pit bull mentality with Nixon and Bush 41 contrasted with his nearly sexual reverence of Clinton is the primary reason so many people lost faith in journalism and the evening news? It didn't happen over night.
Yes, we all want truth spoken to power, to feel that a reporter is trying to get the truth known, protecting the public trust by asking tough, honest questions.
But, by definition, a reporter can NOT choose sides so blatantly, so publicly as Rather has over the years. When a Democrat is in a position of power he/she is now the power we want truth spoken to.
It's probably naive to think for a second Rather doesn't know exactly what he was doing over the years but he and his colleagues always come back to this thing, that they are JOURNALISTS.
The evening news as it was once known, as the source of truth, fell apart because, at the end of the day, Dan Rather and others like him, were no more than partisans that violated their special place and the trust that used to go with it.
Dan doesn't like the news world as it is. You know, the one he so much helped bring about by his strong leadership in bias.
Tidbits:
Dan Rather said Monday that there is a climate of fear running through newsrooms stronger than he has ever seen in his more than four-decade career.
Fear. Of???
Addressing the Fordham University School of Law in Manhattan, occasionally forcing back tears, he said that in the intervening years, politicians "of every persuasion" had gotten better at applying pressure on the conglomerates that own the broadcast networks. He called it a "new journalism order."
In other words, politicians are fighting back? Again, fear of what?
He said this pressure -- along with the "dumbed-down, tarted-up" coverage, the advent of 24-hour cable competition and the chase for ratings and demographics -- has taken its toll on the news business. "All of this creates a bigger atmosphere of fear in newsrooms," Rather said
So, Dan style bias is not dumb but good, fearless journalism? Dan is sad that the monopoly is over. The one that had almost all our news coming from 3 faces every night fro 3 decades.
Fear of competition I gather, Dan.
there's a certain kind of intimidation brought to bear these days, particularly from the religious right.
Of course! Those nasty old beheaders and car bombers!
Rather praised the coverage of Hurricane Katrina by the new generation of TV journalists and acknowledged that he would have liked to have reported from the Gulf Coast. "Covering hurricanes is something I know something about," he said.
"It's been one of television news' finest moments," Rather said of the Katrina coverage. He likened it to the coverage of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
"They were willing to speak truth to power," Rather said of the coverage.
Truth to power.
I truly wonder if Dan Rather ever, late at night, understands that his 40 year left/right bias, climaxed by his pit bull mentality with Nixon and Bush 41 contrasted with his nearly sexual reverence of Clinton is the primary reason so many people lost faith in journalism and the evening news? It didn't happen over night.
Yes, we all want truth spoken to power, to feel that a reporter is trying to get the truth known, protecting the public trust by asking tough, honest questions.
But, by definition, a reporter can NOT choose sides so blatantly, so publicly as Rather has over the years. When a Democrat is in a position of power he/she is now the power we want truth spoken to.
It's probably naive to think for a second Rather doesn't know exactly what he was doing over the years but he and his colleagues always come back to this thing, that they are JOURNALISTS.
The evening news as it was once known, as the source of truth, fell apart because, at the end of the day, Dan Rather and others like him, were no more than partisans that violated their special place and the trust that used to go with it.