Chicago Tribune's Page Bemoans 'Bloggers From The Right-Wing Loonasphere' |
| Published: August 13, 2008, 12:16 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, double standards, media bias debate, barack obama, clarence page, ronald reagan, chicago tribune |
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Today's contribution from the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page, who also serves on the newspaper's editorial board, is "Enquirer scores but about the aliens." Clarence frets about mainstream media credibility under attack for not pursuing John Edwards's affair: The blogosphere is abuzz with criticism of the mainstream media for allegedly failing to pursue the story of Edwards' alleged "love child" when the National Enquirer first reported it last year. In fact, major media did try to confirm the story without using the Enquirer as a source. It appears most of us in the MSM tend to be hung up on stodgy old-fashioned virtues like facts. The Edwards bombshell became problematic when none of the main parties in the story would go on the record to confirm the allegation. If you're going to use unnamed sources, which is questionable enough as a practice, at least make them your own sources, not those of a supermarket tabloid. And later: Nevertheless, now that the [ Full article ] |
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