Comments on: The News Must Really Be Good http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/04/the-news-must-really-be-good/ Questions through the veil of ignorance Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Thomas Collins http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/04/the-news-must-really-be-good/comment-page-1/#comment-60891 Thomas Collins Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:21:45 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=1759#comment-60891 http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/262811.aspx I share Lance's view that the blogs and the mainstream media are better in combination with each other. A good example is provided in the link set forth above, in which a mainstream media individual interviews Michael Yon and treats him as an equal (even mentions Michael's blog). http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/262811.aspx

I share Lance’s view that the blogs and the mainstream media are better in combination with each other. A good example is provided in the link set forth above, in which a mainstream media individual interviews Michael Yon and treats him as an equal (even mentions Michael’s blog).

]]> By: Lance http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/04/the-news-must-really-be-good/comment-page-1/#comment-60890 Lance Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:43:54 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=1759#comment-60890 <blockquote>What is not in doubt, however, is that the alternative media of the blogs have provided a far more realistic account of the war (the good, the bad and the ugly) than Americans would have received if they had only the mainstream media to consult.</blockquote> I agree. They both are better in combination with the other. Hopefully they will both improve over time, though I am doubtful.

What is not in doubt, however, is that the alternative media of the blogs have provided a far more realistic account of the war (the good, the bad and the ugly) than Americans would have received if they had only the mainstream media to consult.

I agree. They both are better in combination with the other. Hopefully they will both improve over time, though I am doubtful.

]]> By: Thomas Collins http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/04/the-news-must-really-be-good/comment-page-1/#comment-60889 Thomas Collins Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:23:30 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=1759#comment-60889 There are honorable individuals who decry our intervention in Iraq. There is a decent case to be made that overthrowing Saddam was not worth the lives of our fighting men and women. What is dishonorable, however, is the manner in which many US politicians (mostly in the Democratic Party) have defamed our military (Dick Durbin comes to mind as a particularly reprehensible participant in this regard, although he is hardly the only one) and the manner in which the mainstream media have skewed their coverage of our Iraq intervention to emphasize turmoil and carnage over substantial progress the US military has made on working with Iraqis to stabilize the country. We will never know for sure if a peaceful transition from Saddam to a stable Iraq could have been made. Given what we know about Saddam's exploitation of the oil for food program, it is doubtful that a peaceful transition could have been made. What is not in doubt, however, is that the alternative media of the blogs have provided a far more realistic account of the war (the good, the bad and the ugly) than Americans would have received if they had only the mainstream media to consult. There are honorable individuals who decry our intervention in Iraq. There is a decent case to be made that overthrowing Saddam was not worth the lives of our fighting men and women. What is dishonorable, however, is the manner in which many US politicians (mostly in the Democratic Party) have defamed our military (Dick Durbin comes to mind as a particularly reprehensible participant in this regard, although he is hardly the only one) and the manner in which the mainstream media have skewed their coverage of our Iraq intervention to emphasize turmoil and carnage over substantial progress the US military has made on working with Iraqis to stabilize the country. We will never know for sure if a peaceful transition from Saddam to a stable Iraq could have been made. Given what we know about Saddam’s exploitation of the oil for food program, it is doubtful that a peaceful transition could have been made. What is not in doubt, however, is that the alternative media of the blogs have provided a far more realistic account of the war (the good, the bad and the ugly) than Americans would have received if they had only the mainstream media to consult.

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