Friday, June 25, 2004
Just a few weeks ago, the Anchorage Daily News was running front page headlines about how the 9/11 commission found no link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda.
Today, on page 8 was a small article about connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda.
The editorial policy at the ADN is obviously:
Bad for Bush = Front Page Headlines.
Good for Bush = to provide balance, we'll stick it somewhere obscure in the paper where most people won't notice it.
I am only in Alaska for the summer, so I will be returning to my PhD program in mid-August. However the local papers there are even worse than the ADN here in Alaska.
The Media (and this includes Fox News as well) needs to give up it pretensions to objectivity and just inform readers that they hate Bush (or in the case of Fox News, think he might be okay).
UPDATE:
Here's a great article about the NY Times doing something similar.
Today, on page 8 was a small article about connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda.
The editorial policy at the ADN is obviously:
Bad for Bush = Front Page Headlines.
Good for Bush = to provide balance, we'll stick it somewhere obscure in the paper where most people won't notice it.
I am only in Alaska for the summer, so I will be returning to my PhD program in mid-August. However the local papers there are even worse than the ADN here in Alaska.
The Media (and this includes Fox News as well) needs to give up it pretensions to objectivity and just inform readers that they hate Bush (or in the case of Fox News, think he might be okay).
UPDATE:
Here's a great article about the NY Times doing something similar.
