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2005-04-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

MSM cover-up? "Smoglodytes" kill 36,000 in Mexico City

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Posted by 2005-04-30 11:38:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As the son is a journalism student as Mizzou (U of Missouri) he would say its only natural. They do scan everything.

Imagine thousands of young want-a-be journalists looking for a story to put on their resume.

Posted by 3dc 2005-04-30 2:17:21 PM|| 2005-04-30 2:17:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I should point out that Mizzou is the #1 premire journalism school in the US and maybe the world.

Posted by 3dc 2005-04-30 2:18:16 PM|| 2005-04-30 2:18:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 WWN holds a fascination for journalists and writers, and for students of those subjects. The late Carl Sagan reportedly subscribed to WWN. My own long-running interest in this publication is another example. It is, in all seriousness, a cautionary illustration of just what is and is not possible, and of how fragile the boundaries might be. Within the relatively tight limits of libel and slander, there is no law against inventing news out of whole cloth.

Among the general public, there is a vague but seldom-questioned perception that such a law or other external authority prevents the outright fabrication and distortion of news. There is really no such thing, of course, just the internal ethical controls and the market forces provided by review and fact-checking.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-04-30 2:58:35 PM|| 2005-04-30 2:58:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 being a premiere journalism school isn't something to be proud of

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-30 3:26:11 PM|| 2005-04-30 3:26:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 It is for a journalism student who wants a good job when they get out. The "Mizzou Mafia" helps them out. That, though, is a minefield. The son avoids certain topics as the dean was dowager of the US journalist for ages and quit being dowager when a "slimy right wing Fox punk" was awarded something....

Tightrope for a bit longer and then he can earn some money.

Posted by 3dc 2005-04-30 4:18:01 PM|| 2005-04-30 4:18:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 aha ....a pragmatist in journo clothing? Dean's that tool from the WaPo huh? Genevieve Overholser or something....too lazy to google her, but I remember her tantrum

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-30 4:34:34 PM|| 2005-04-30 4:34:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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