Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] is it possible to define "a lie"?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> That's a little bit unfair.  Certainly his loud-mouthed style helps him 
> a great deal.  While it is something that you or I might not like so 
> much, most people seem to love it.  However, I see it more as a 
> stylistic issue more than something substantive.

But it's that style that sets him apart and gets him the attention that 
makes his employer the big advertising revenues.


> I do think that he knows his stuff.  Even if he doesn't know his stuff 
> to the last detail, he certainly knows a lot more than most people.

He definitely knows a lot of stuff.  I don't think he knows more stuff 
than other people who do similar work.  So I don't think it's "knowing 
stuff" that makes him popular and famous, but having that knowledge is 
essential.


> Reading the first web page you cite, the criticisms, except for the 
> first and the second to last, really are a matter of interpretation. 
> So for example, with the Syria Accountability Act, you cannot really 
> judge its effectiveness by the fact that Syria opposed it (because they 
> would oppose anything like this), nor from the fact that Rice praised it 
> (I have noticed that she can be extraordinarily tactful, only sparingly 
> criticizing when she absolutely has to).  And mixing a sponsor with a 
> co-sponsor really can't be regarded as an inaccuracy, more a matter of 
> language.  And the last criticism of this mediamatters page really comes 
> across as very disingenuous, definitely exposing a liberal bias on their 
> part.

For this last thing, do you mean "Detention and interrogation of terrorism 
suspects" on this page?:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200501250001

Mike

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