The New Transparency

[DaShi]

TMM posts articles from the Washington Post and Bloomberg. MrFun posts articles from Huffington Post, and alternetgaynews.org or whatever.

He posts opinion pieces from them. I'm not saying that they are invalid. But he's not making any argument. He saying, "Look! This is the way things are. If you disagree, take it up with Leonard Downie Jr."

It's just the same boring, recycled opinions that MrFun posts. Their posts are like watching Fox News or MSNBC.

[Felch]

Here's a more interesting topic:

Does the media actually inform people or does it just provide opinions that support whatever its target viewer already believes?

Definitely the latter.

[Dinner]

I vote no he hasn't and that's one of the reasons I didn't vote for him in 2012.

[Felch]

He posts opinion pieces from them. I'm not saying that they are invalid. But he's not making any argument. He saying, "Look! This is the way things are. If you disagree, take it up with Leonard Downie Jr."

It's just the same boring, recycled opinions that MrFun posts. Their posts are like watching Fox News or MSNBC.

The Bloomberg article is from their news section. Posting Leonard Downie, Jr.'s opinion piece is a far cry from posting George Will's or Krauthammer's. Downie is a former executive editor of the Post, you can't mistake him for a mouth piece for the GOP.

When a former executive editor of the Washington Post accuses the President of interfering with the press, it's worthy of discussion.

[DaShi]

It's still just cherrypicking. But that's not even the problem. It's the complete lack of commentary with it. The complete appeal to authority. The "Papa Smurf says Obama is bad. And Papa Smurf is always right. Papa Smurf..." The "I'm too dumb to discuss the issue, so just read this list of stuff that supports what I believe."

[Sava]

HuffPo is part of AOL. On the FOXNews website, there is a section for AOL News. They are partners.

So yes. They team up together to tell each side what they want to hear.

Divide and conquer.

[Felch]

It's still just cherrypicking. But that's not even the problem. It's the complete lack of commentary with it. The complete appeal to authority. The "Papa Smurf says Obama is bad. And Papa Smurf is always right. Papa Smurf..." The "I'm too dumb to discuss the issue, so just read this list of stuff that supports what I believe."

Well that part doesn't bother me. I'd rather hear from Papa Smurf than most of you.

[DaShi]

Fair enough. It bothers me and that's my problem to deal with.

[Lorizael]

It's still just cherrypicking. But that's not even the problem. It's the complete lack of commentary with it. The complete appeal to authority. The "Papa Smurf says Obama is bad. And Papa Smurf is always right. Papa Smurf..." The "I'm too dumb to discuss the issue, so just read this list of stuff that supports what I believe."

Lick my ass.

[DaShi]

How do you really feel?

[Lorizael]

I really feel that there's a very foul song on the internet about Papa Smurf and ass licking.

[DaShi]

Damn it! Now I'm going to google that.

[Captain ******* Kirk]

Color me surprised.

QFT. We all know that Obama lied about what he was going to do once in office, just like almost every other politician. Do we really need to keep pointing out the obvious?

[Captain ******* Kirk]

Bob Schieffer said it best in that WaPo article.

“Whenever I’m asked what is the most manipulative and secretive administration I’ve covered, I always say it’s the one in office now,” Bob Schieffer, CBS News anchor and chief Washington correspondent, told me. “Every administration learns from the previous administration. They become more secretive and put tighter clamps on information. This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush’s did, and his before that.”

[notyoueither]

That's mean.

Yes, but needed saying.