Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] last days

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I must take offense at this.   How dare you impugn Vern's good name by 
confusing my tripe with his... er  his stuff!

I think you owe Vern an apology  *grin*

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > Mike Miller wrote:
> > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bias should also be considered by how the matter is presented 
> > > > contextually.  Furthermore the tone (e.g. "experts" as opposed to 
> > > > "supposed experts") plays a very significant role.
> > >
> > > Maybe you can show me a published example of the use of "supposed 
> > > experts" or "so-called experts."
> >
> > Or then again, maybe I can't.
> >
> > What's your point?
>
>
> That you and someone else (Vern or Christian), and many other 
> Christian fundamentalist conservatives, are constantly complaining 
> about bias in the news media.  These claims of bias usually come as 
> attacks on entire sources of news, like the top US newspapers or an 
> entire broadcasting network.  It's almost always presented as "I felt 
> they were biased" and this then leads, always or almost always, to the 
> conclusion that we should not get our news from those sources.
>
> Today I'm being told by you and someone else (either Vern or 
> Christian) that some of our finest papers are using terms like 
> "supposed experts" and "so-called experts" to dismiss legitimate 
> experts out of hand, or to taint the claims of these experts.  I am 
> skeptical that this is happening so I am asking you to tell me where 
> you've seen it.  I read these papers all the time, but I do mostly 
> focus on science news, but I never see this kind of thing.
>
> Mike
>
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