Comments on: The “Silly Hat” Hit Piece & Journalist Ethics http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:22:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Igor R. http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9801 Igor R. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:33:30 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9801 Now Ron Paul II, PJ Buchanan, is spreading rumors, or "predictions" that Fred will endorse McCain. Others are spreading rumors that Fred is running out of money, and is cutting down on paper cup purchases. Every nut wants to take a swing at Fred, you're not certifiable until you invented your own Fred demise story. Now Ron Paul II, PJ Buchanan, is spreading rumors, or “predictions” that Fred will endorse McCain. Others are spreading rumors that Fred is running out of money, and is cutting down on paper cup purchases. Every nut wants to take a swing at Fred, you’re not certifiable until you invented your own Fred demise story.

]]> By: Igor R. http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9800 Igor R. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:10:37 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9800 It's amazing how a guy who has simple conservative positions on every important issue, speaks plainly, although sometimes with too much head bopping and clearing his throat, has a good sense of humor, and doesn't seem to have a mean bone in his body creates so much hatred. The world has gone insane but nobody told Fred and his friends. Oh how I wish somebody could grab one of these characters and not let them go until they answer one simple question: "Why?". It’s amazing how a guy who has simple conservative positions on every important issue, speaks plainly, although sometimes with too much head bopping and clearing his throat, has a good sense of humor, and doesn’t seem to have a mean bone in his body creates so much hatred. The world has gone insane but nobody told Fred and his friends.

Oh how I wish somebody could grab one of these characters and not let them go until they answer one simple question: “Why?”.

]]> By: Curt http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9799 Curt Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:54:05 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9799 And now <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2007/12/20/pat-buchanan-if-fred-tanks-in-iowa-hell-drop-out-and-endorse-mccain/#comment-830839" rel="nofollow">we see</a> why Allah jumped on the dump on Fred bandwagon so quickly: <blockquote>I’m going to enjoy, in a schadenfreudean way, the splash of cold water in the face of the Fredheads on Jan. 3. Allahpundit on December 20, 2007 at 10:44 PM</blockquote> I guess Fred stole his firstborn and then punched his hippie friends or something. And now we see why Allah jumped on the dump on Fred bandwagon so quickly:

I’m going to enjoy, in a schadenfreudean way, the splash of cold water in the face of the Fredheads on Jan. 3.

Allahpundit on December 20, 2007 at 10:44 PM

I guess Fred stole his firstborn and then punched his hippie friends or something.

]]> By: ChrisG http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9798 ChrisG Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:33:28 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9798 Skip, You have an excellent point. The "yellow Journalism" of the West had no checks or balances until the Internet showed up. Some say it was the media wanting to sell stories which started the Spanish American War. Having seen the media make up stories out of thin air in Iraq, seeing the photoshopping from the Israeli/Hezbollah battle, and the fact the media is almost openly working with any enemy to defeat America and NATO in the GWOT (and the list goes on and on), I have to wonder how much of anything we see from them is factual or ever was. Skip,

You have an excellent point. The “yellow Journalism” of the West had no checks or balances until the Internet showed up. Some say it was the media wanting to sell stories which started the Spanish American War.

Having seen the media make up stories out of thin air in Iraq, seeing the photoshopping from the Israeli/Hezbollah battle, and the fact the media is almost openly working with any enemy to defeat America and NATO in the GWOT (and the list goes on and on), I have to wonder how much of anything we see from them is factual or ever was.

]]> By: Curt http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9797 Curt Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:05:29 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9797 I agree, I doubt we ever could have trusted the media. I agree, I doubt we ever could have trusted the media.

]]> By: Skip http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9796 Skip Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:47:13 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9796 "Can we trust the MSM on anything anymore?" Could we ever? My guess is they've been pulling this crap since the printing press was invented, but only now do we have some sort of mechanism to correct it. That's why you get a collective yawn, even from the right side of the MSM. Because they see nothing wrong with it. It's just the normal way of doing business. “Can we trust the MSM on anything anymore?”

Could we ever? My guess is they’ve been pulling this crap since the printing press was invented, but only now do we have some sort of mechanism to correct it. That’s why you get a collective yawn, even from the right side of the MSM. Because they see nothing wrong with it. It’s just the normal way of doing business.

]]> By: Snooper http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journa/#comment-9795 Snooper Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:31:07 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/12/20/the-silly-hat-hit-piece-journalist-ethics/#comment-9795 You may or may not be interested in my take of the Lame Stream Media but here is the link anyway. <a href="http://www.anewtone.com/2007/12/journalistic-malpractice-crickets.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.anewtone.com/2007/12/journalistic-malpractice-crickets.html</a> You may or may not be interested in my take of the Lame Stream Media but here is the link anyway.

http://www.anewtone.com/2007/12/journalistic-malpractice-crickets.html

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