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Originally Posted by alansmithee
But also, I think that you are giving journalists too much credit. I think that you would pursue a story about Republican wrongdoing over one about Democratic wrongdoing. I don't even know if it's intentional, but it's hard not to try harder on something you care more about.
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Funny you should say that. We just finished our obligatory "2005 in review" special. In reviewing my work for submission, I exposed 3 examples of Republican (local guys, not national) wrongdoing, and 5 examples of Democratic (also local guys) wrongdoing. Sorry but your post is a gross mischaracterization.
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I don't see the media as the independant check on gov't power that you do. I see it as more a separate intrest, with their own adgenda. Now, I don't think they should be totally a voice for gov't, but I think that the gov't should feel free to make just as much use out of the media as possible, without necessarily directly controlling them.
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I'm curious - do you feel there is a NEED for an independent check on government power?
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That's the problem-the media often puts their own spin on what the gov't is doing. That's why wrongdoing gets covered so much more than when something good happens. Again, I see the media as an independant interest, not the voice of the people. They have their own agendas.
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Our JOB is to expose government wrongdoing, no matter who's doing the wrong. Our job is also to cover government. We do report on what the government does. We don't only report on the illegal stuff they do. Do you actually watch or read the news, or do you get your ideas from pundits and then assume that people with a vested interest in one point of view are always correct?
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Actually, I will. I favor strong government. So if a democratic administration also works to increase gov't power, I would support them. I try to not get to caught up in (D) or (R).
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Great. You're quite different from most of the people howling media bias right now. But I think you need to realize that you can have any kind of government you want - strong or weak - and still have checks on what they do. A strong government is one thing, a government that deceives its public in order to ramrod whatever they want into policy is quite another.