Another example of our LIBERAL media
I have to confess, I got this from Crooks and Liars, an awesome Website where I find many issues that I blog about. So, I'm cribbing a lot from C&L about this post, so I wanted to give proper attribution. Here goes...A Reuters story that appeared on Yahoo's Website last Friday carried this headline:
Bomb kills 15, Bush critic Pelosi visits Baghdad
Really? You've got to be kidding me. It's bad enough that the news stories about Pelosi have ranged from blatantly male chauvinist "Pelosi, dressed in Armani..." to the completely irrelevant (too many to list here), but this could be one of the worst headlines I've ever seen on the Web for a news story.
As Crooks & Liars rightfully points out, someone couldn't even write "California Congresswoman"? Or, here's a radical idea -- how about "Speaker Pelosi"?!?
Can anyone imagine, when Newt Gingrich was speaker, if this headline appeared? -- "Clinton hater Gingrich slams health care plan."
Imagine the outrage that would have followed that one. Bill O'Lielly would have declared a War on Irresponsible Journalism.
Hey conservatives, keep complaining about the liberal media. And when you get a chance, drop by Earth and let us know how the weather is in your parallel universe.
Labels: Crooks and Liars, media bias, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich
posted by RJ at 9:37 PM
2 Comments:
I think "Clinton CRITIC Gingrich slams health care plan." would be a fine headline, because on planet conservatism hater and critic have different meanings, wouldn't you agree?
I'm not sure you got the point, which was that the genius who wrote the headline could have written a million things besides "Bush Critic Pelosi" - about the dumbest headline ever. And, no offense, but "Clinton Critic Gingrich" makes as much sense. There's something called respect - respect for the position, whether you like the person occupying the position or not. But, you're right about Planet Conservatism - it does have different meanings for hater and critic, to a certain degree. But, when you get right down to it, on the planet you speak of, there's few signposts on the road from critic to hater.
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