Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] last days

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Its alright Christian, I look at as my dad used to say when he would
spank me each morning upon waking,

I would ask "what's that for?"

He would reply, "I don't know, but you will deserve it before the day is over!"

Whether it be your tripe or mine, it really doesn't matter.

On 9/6/06, Christian M. Cepel <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 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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