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Re: The Guardian unworthy of toilet paper?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:41:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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So, for this, the headline reads, “Abort all black babies and cut crime, says
Republican”. That is a complete distortion designed to smear and mislead.
It’s simply outrageous, if not outright libel.
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It’s going to be difficult to get a libel charge to stick, even were he
imprudent emough to try, since those were in fact the words he said, albeit out
of context.
In this day and age, with the media dog pack as bite happy as it is, politicians
of all persuasions would be well served to watch what they say more closely...
being right isn’t enough.
Bennett’s assertion, while true, isn’t useful, even as a reducio ad absurdium,
because it’s so easy to misquote, and because it does leave a question in one’s
mind, DOES he think that those currently underprivileged (in many cases thanks
to the very government programs he was part of administering) deserve it?
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| (...) But the "out of context" charge doesn't work, either, because Bennett's comments are little redeemed even if you read the entire transcript. For him to claim "not guilty by reason of quoting out of context," he would have to show that his (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Here's (URL) the audio> And the transcript: CALLER: I noticed the national media, you know, they talk a lot about the loss of revenue, or the inability of the government to fund Social Security, and I was curious, and I've read articles in (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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