tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456241.post5094804250115749620..comments2023-10-22T17:20:04.741-07:00Comments on The MoxArgon Group: The Leftist Mind: Quote Me On ThatRemulak MoxArgonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537764419568930289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456241.post-76763900409585722212007-07-24T10:29:00.000-07:002007-07-24T10:29:00.000-07:00Both the left and the right abuse facts don't make...Both the left and the right abuse facts don't make this a "leftist" issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456241.post-90219430847857756392007-07-23T18:01:00.000-07:002007-07-23T18:01:00.000-07:00Ah! What we have here is re-definition a classic ...Ah! What we have here is re-definition a classic rhetorical gambit much used by the left.<BR/><BR/>Ahem! A fact is not what you find sliming around on the internet to make your point. Very little on the internet represents fact.<BR/><BR/>Opinion we have and plenty of it, but facts? Most discussions are woefully short on solid evidence, facts.<BR/><BR/>Facts are one of the reasons a report is (supposed to be) really careful to get quotes correct.<BR/><BR/>When I took Journalism (about a million years ago) "All the President's Men" was all the rage. Everybody wanted to be an investigative reporter. This was good.<BR/><BR/>But even Woodward et.al. at the time were very careful to get quotes correct along with attribution.<BR/><BR/>My class was told that we would not be popular as reporters, because the truth (FACTS) often hurts and violates people's personal belief systems.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that today, reporters will do whatever is needed to be popular - rather than correct....<BR/><BR/>Rob - The college reporter, who left that world in a hurry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456241.post-79704924653669073392007-07-23T09:59:00.000-07:002007-07-23T09:59:00.000-07:00Nice to see you trolling the Huffington Post!Nice to see you trolling the Huffington Post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456241.post-36705865089366446642007-07-21T16:21:00.000-07:002007-07-21T16:21:00.000-07:00Hi. I think you mix up facts and story. You can ge...Hi. I think you mix up facts and story. You can get all the facts right and still tell a story that someone doesn’t agree with. <BR/><BR/>Journalists get to decide what stories to tell. That’s why blogging is such a big deal. Because it used to be that mainstream media had a lock on the stories. Now any blogger with a decent following can have a big audience for the stories he or she wants to tell. <BR/><BR/>The facts are a commodity online – each of us can find them very easily in press releases and research paper. People who pick the interesting stories to tell – about the facts --are the ones who have the audience to hear them. <BR/><BR/>PenelopeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02854990919354934928noreply@blogger.com