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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 16:06:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In any case, he is certainly not advocating in any
way, shape, or form what the headline read. You must acknowledge that.
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The headline doesn’t suggest one way or the other that Bennett is advocating
anything.
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Really? “Abort all black babies and cut crime, says Republican”. That
doesn’t come off as a proposal? Please.
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That is an accurate summary of what he said. It’s not up to the headline to
provide the context; that’s what the article and the original transcript are
for.
I suspect that you’re taking issue with the use of “Republican” here, and that’s
not a baseless objection. It might be argued that Bennett’s political
affiliation is irrelevant. But is it, really?
Bennett does posture himself as a Republican, after all. Heck, that’s a lot
of the cachet of his radio show and book-selling career! With this in mind, I
maintain that it’s appropriate to identify him by his party, though it probably
would have been just as good if it had read “Bennett” insetead.
Heck, if Al Franken had said it, they would have gone with “Franken” or
“Liberal” or “Liberal Radio Host” in the headline. So poo-poo for Bennett.
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It is reporting what he said, then goes on to chronicle the
incident itself and the reaction to it. Giving abbreviated but accurate
headlines is what the purpose of a headline is.
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Therein lies the rub-- “accurate”.
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“Accurate” yes. Complete? No.
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Would you have preferred “Republican radio talk show host used
questionable-yet-accurate rhetorical device while in debate with caller
concerning race, abortion, crime, and economics”?
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That’s my whole point, Lenny! It is a non-story. The “story” comes as a
result of the headline. They are manufacturing the news.
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I disagree. A prominent self-appointed spokesperson for morality made an on-air
statement that is, at the very least, preposterously insensitive to the issues
of the day, especially in light of the race-related questions resulting from
Katrina.
That’s certainly a story worth reporting.
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The entire story bothered me, because it isn’t “news”. It is exactly along
the lines of the beating your wife bit.
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If Bennett, Moralist for the Masses, did beat his wife, then that would be
news, too.
Dave!
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| (...) Really? "Abort all black babies and cut crime, says Republican". That doesn't come off as a proposal? Please. (...) Therein lies the rub-- "accurate". (...) That's my whole point, Lenny! It is a non-story. The "story" comes as a result of the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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