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2003-03-28 Britain

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Posted by Murat 2003-03-28 07:05 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred has asked that you shorten the articles. If you don't want to comply with his request, maybe you should get your own website.

Posted by anon 2003-03-28 07:31:49|| 2003-03-28 07:31:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I check The Mirror website everyday and they have had some of the most emotionally hysterical coverage of any newspaper that I've seen. They print just about anything as soon as they hear it. I know it's a tabloid newspaper to begin with but it's kind of disgusting to see such a rag use the term "Our" Luke. The guy is a hero however he died and their rag doesn't deserve to use his picture.

Posted by g wiz 2003-03-28 07:45:35|| 2003-03-28 07:45:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Love the all capital headlines, Murat. Have you ever thought of starting your own tabloid?

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-28 07:48:58|| 2003-03-28 07:48:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Jeebus Murat,

Wait to go on the selective journalism! I find it actually quite gratifying because I know the more stridently you post the whinings of the liberal, anti-Bush press, the better the war is going for the US, and the bigger the mistake made by Turkey. But, hey, at least the Turks have their sovereignty intact...right?

Maybe we need a new category on this blog called "Murat's Corner"...

Posted by mjh 2003-03-28 08:02:31|| 2003-03-28 08:02:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Murat is lobbying for his point of view here. Disguising that behind "news" articles seems to follow the letter of the rules but defies the intent...which is that Rantburg is supposed to be informative. Other posters also do the same thing (but not as much). If you want to promote your viewpoint, get your own blog. But please stop wasting my time with your attempts to prove you are right. Thanks.

Posted by Pink & Fluffy 2003-03-28 09:49:20|| 2003-03-28 09:49:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe Fred can format posts so they identify the poster at the top. That way readers can choose to skip pointless entries.

Posted by Pink & Fluffy 2003-03-28 09:55:52|| 2003-03-28 09:55:52|| Front Page Top

#7 I like the "Murat's Corner" idea, but I don't think it would last -- for the same reason I eventually stopped visiting "Arab News". At first I wanted alternative news, but eventually I realized that there was nothing different there except for the slant.

Posted by Tom 2003-03-28 10:04:16|| 2003-03-28 10:04:16|| Front Page Top

#8 re: posters at the top: Well, it's up to Fred, of course, but I like the posters at the bottom. It doesn't allow the poster's name to shade my thinking on the slant of the article, until the very end. I like that because it helps me keep an open mind when subjecting myself to conflicting ideas. JMHO. Besides, you can always tell it's Murat after reading the first sentence, not to mention the GREAT BIG CAPS. Like if he shouts at us, we'll understand him better.

Posted by anon 2003-03-28 10:48:47|| 2003-03-28 10:48:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Its actually obvious, from the types of articles he selects, to his editing, to his comments. Murat is NOT reporting, he is a propagandist.

Murat should be dropped from this site if he wants to continue his intellecutally dishonest and disengenuous posting.

Posted by OldSpook 2003-03-28 14:17:27|| 2003-03-28 14:17:27|| Front Page Top

#10 As long as it's tagged to news and at least mostly on topic, I'll (usually) let it stay. But a word of warning: people can browse through the archives, going all the way back to 9-11-01. If you post too many groaners, a year from now someone could be browsing, thinking to himself, "Boy, how could he/she/it have been that dumb?"

My personal opinion is that these two stories are a tempest in a teacup, blown up to make a point. Murat seems to buy the point. In a week, or a month, or a year we'll know who's right.

Posted by Fred 2003-03-28 16:56:57|| 2003-03-28 16:56:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Try to remember guys, its "rantburg" not "echo Chamber". Murat is fairly representative of a certain opinion.

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