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From: MNMikeW on 7 Apr 2010 17:28 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:3834503e-1aa9-4d89-979b-cd3c268cc123(a)w42g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On Apr 7, 7:52 am, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- state.edu> wrote: > In article > <0cce1d38-1a83-4b22-ac7b-e15a120c0...(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 6, 3:54 am, assimil...(a)borg.org wrote: > > > On 5-Apr-2010, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > I do not know who or what the SEIU or the UAW are. > > > > unions: the former is for <cough, cough> public servants, the latter > > > for > > > tradesmen > > > > -- > > > bill-o > > > The former is not for public servants, it's for hotel and restaurant > > workers. > > There you go - that's the level of informed opinion you are dealing with. Well, it turns out I was half wrong. It's for both. ========================= And Clark just everyone know his level of informed opinion.
From: MNMikeW on 7 Apr 2010 17:31 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:5c3b5472-73b8-4de6-aa1b-998793d73adf(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... On Apr 7, 4:56 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 4:45 pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 7, 11:08 am, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> > > wrote: > > > > On Apr 6, 10:46 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:51:39 +0000, assimilate wrote: > > > > > On 4-Apr-2010, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>> Are you trying to claim the NYT isn't biased? > > > > > >> Compared to the Washington Times? Get real. > > > > > > the only difference is the NYT is biased in the same way that you > > > > > are > > > > > Everybody is biased. It's the degree of bias that matters. You would > > > > have to be incapable of rational thought to seriously equate a cult > > > > rag > > > > like the Wash Times to the NYT. > > > > The NYT, like the Wash Times, is deliberately biased. The bias is a > > > matter of policy, and both are extreme to my minds eye. I don't see a > > > difference. > > > If you don't see a difference, either you've never read either paper > > or you're intellectually incapable of discerning a difference. > > Actually, I'm not so stupid as I can't see what organizations like the > NYT are doing. While biased conservative media pride themselves in > being blunt and plain speaking, biased liberal media engage in pseudo- > intellectual; twitism, and embed a series of standard sorts of > phrasings and platitudes in a worn out old rhetorical style that they > think shows them off as being "intellectual"...and this did work in > the 1930's...obviously the public is wise to it now. > > In any event, the regulars on the NYT are in fact no more intellectual > that the regulars on the WT, they just use different rhetorical > styles. For example, William Ayers is considered "intellectual" by NYT > types, when in fact he is a low grade thug, no different that Gordon > Liddy.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Ayers is a professor at the Univ. of Chicago, which generally qualifies one as an intellectual. ======================= Ted Kaczynski was an intellectual too. Ted and Ayers have a lot in common.
From: MNMikeW on 7 Apr 2010 17:33 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:92b8e5d7-5d66-4100-9cdb-3e1887d49e55(a)y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On Apr 7, 2:08 pm, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- state.edu> wrote: > In article > <576e9a46-6587-4a6a-8e29-d9f5a33f4...(a)r27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > > Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> wrote: > > On Apr 6, 10:46 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:51:39 +0000, assimilate wrote: > > > > On 4-Apr-2010, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > > > >>> Are you trying to claim the NYT isn't biased? > > > > >> Compared to the Washington Times? Get real. > > > > > the only difference is the NYT is biased in the same way that you > > > > are > > > > Everybody is biased. It's the degree of bias that matters. You would > > > have to be incapable of rational thought to seriously equate a cult > > > rag > > > like the Wash Times to the NYT. > > > The NYT, like the Wash Times, is deliberately biased. The bias is a > > matter of policy, and both are extreme to my minds eye. I don't see a > > difference. > > Where would you say the political bias of David Brooks lies? Thank you.- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Right. You will find liberal and conservative commentary on the op-ed page of the NYT. You will find only conservative voices on the op-ed page of the Wash Times. ======================== Only the NYT would consider David Brooks conservative.
From: MNMikeW on 7 Apr 2010 17:36 "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:824bnkFssmU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:3834503e-1aa9-4d89-979b-cd3c268cc123(a)w42g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 7, 7:52 am, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- > state.edu> wrote: >> In article >> <0cce1d38-1a83-4b22-ac7b-e15a120c0...(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, >> "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Apr 6, 3:54 am, assimil...(a)borg.org wrote: >> > > On 5-Apr-2010, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >> >> > > > I do not know who or what the SEIU or the UAW are. >> >> > > unions: the former is for <cough, cough> public servants, the latter >> > > for >> > > tradesmen >> >> > > -- >> > > bill-o >> >> > The former is not for public servants, it's for hotel and restaurant >> > workers. >> >> There you go - that's the level of informed opinion you are dealing with. > > Well, it turns out I was half wrong. It's for both. > > ========================= > And Clark just everyone know his level of informed opinion. > And Clark just let everyone know his level of informed opinion.
From: BAR on 7 Apr 2010 18:16
In article <5c3b5472-73b8-4de6-aa1b- 998793d73adf(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says... > > On Apr 7, 4:56�pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> wrote: > > On Apr 7, 4:45�pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 7, 11:08�am, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Apr 6, 10:46�pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:51:39 +0000, assimilate wrote: > > > > > > On �4-Apr-2010, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >>> Are you trying to claim the NYT isn't biased? > > > > > > > >> Compared to the Washington Times? Get real. > > > > > > > > the only difference is the NYT is biased in the same way that you are > > > > > > > Everybody is biased. It's the degree of bias that matters. You would > > > > > have to be incapable of rational thought to seriously equate a cult rag > > > > > like the Wash Times to the NYT. > > > > > > The NYT, like the Wash Times, is deliberately biased. The bias is a > > > > matter of policy, and both are extreme to my minds eye. I don't see a > > > > difference. > > > > > If you don't see a difference, either you've never read either paper > > > or you're intellectually incapable of discerning a difference. > > > > Actually, I'm not so stupid as I can't see what organizations like the > > NYT are doing. While biased conservative media pride themselves in > > being blunt and plain speaking, biased liberal media engage in pseudo- > > intellectual; twitism, and embed a series of standard sorts of > > phrasings and platitudes in a worn out old rhetorical style that they > > think shows them off as being "intellectual"...and this did work in > > the 1930's...obviously the public is wise to it now. > > > > In any event, the regulars on the NYT are in fact no more intellectual > > that the regulars on the WT, they just use different rhetorical > > styles. For example, William Ayers is considered "intellectual" by NYT > > types, when in fact he is a low grade thug, no different that Gordon > > Liddy.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > Ayers is a professor at the Univ. of Chicago, which generally Ayes is an admitted felon who should have been in jail for the rest of his life. |