The Rise of Unapologetically Partisan News Reporting
A resposne to Carl Cannon
- The Rise of Unapologetically Partisan News Reporting | RealClearPolitics
- the problem isn't overt partisanship
- at the time, I welcomed it– I envisioned an adversarial relationship akin to trials
- i'd also question his analysis
- remember rather-gate?
- "For much of the 20th century, this wouldn’t have been considered journalism at all."
- he notes the analytics-driven nature of the HuffPo
- he keeps focusing on the idea that the media should just admit its biases
- but he thinks that a media that embraces it wont' appeal to the middle
- he ties it all back to the '08 primary
- Fox news profited off the competitive D primary
- he's oblivious to anything outside the traditional media world
[ ]I should write this up & submit it to RCP- he goes into the history of the press, and it's really interesting
- in the late 18th-century "But on both sides of the Atlantic, the
most dreaded accusation was “seditious libel,” a felony. The
American Colonies were ruled by Britain, where libel simply
meant defaming or criticizing another person, especially someone
associated with government. "
- "he aim of libel law wasn’t to regulate civic discourse in a way that made it more honest. The law’s intent was to preserve order and prevent rabblerousers from riling up the populace. "
- in the late 18th-century "But on both sides of the Atlantic, the
most dreaded accusation was “seditious libel,” a felony. The
American Colonies were ruled by Britain, where libel simply
meant defaming or criticizing another person, especially someone
associated with government. "
- ironic that he refers to Powerline as an example of the partisan press redux
- too clever by half: "Pursuing truth, not partisanship, was the principle that carried the day in a New York City courtroom on Aug. 4, 1735."
- then goes on to tell the story of Mayhill Fowler, the "citizen
journalist" that broke Obama's "bitter-clinger" remarks
- I guess the point is: she was there on behalf of the HuffPo
- and if she hadn't been willing to reporting something contrary to interest, it never would have gotten out
09/08/23 18:06