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Originally posted by Vulcan@Oct 16 2005, 02:41 AM
The point is Cow that NBC still thinks it's a joke that they got caught misleading their viewers. I agree it is better then denying or lying etc.
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Are you saying there isn't flooding going on in the northeast?
Somehow, I don't think NBC was going to win with you no matter what they did on this . . . . the fact they exposed themselves and had a laugh about it was the right way to go . . . and it was hilarious and certainly that reporter is going to be ribbed about it for a long time. We can agree the better way to go is not to be stupid enough to sit in a canoe in two inches of water for a serious flood story in the first place.
This was a trivial story but how often do they mislead their viewers on important matters?
If I'm not mistaken, it was MSNBC, a division of NBC, which broke the tape of the staged Bush/Troops press conference which started this thread.
As a sidenote, in the matter of media navel gazing, you might also check out the New York Times this morning for some humourous self examination as the paper comes clean on the Judith Miller affair. Sort of.
My bias has been well earned over the years but I still like to approach any news story with an open but critical mind.
You would have to go a long way to convince me of that . . . . similiar to NBC, apparently, having to go a long way to convince you of the same in their case. To each his own. . . . we all have an opinion.
Cowperson