Friday, January 14, 2005
MSM as a political party
Hugh Hewitt devotes a longish post on his blog this morning the ongoing battle over bias in the MSM. He cites a new piece by Howard Fineman, of Newsweek/MSNBC, admitting that MSM is a de facto political party.
Naturally the party faithful were going to object; and Hugh cites a recent rebuttal from Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. It is to this article that Hugh devotes his attention, and it is a full-scale debunking in the finest tradition. This is a good read; yes, it's great sport to watch this kind of intellectual artillery pounding the opposition, but the piece also serves to define the current battlefield. This is important for those who have not been following this issue (the erosion of MSM) closely.
Recommended!
Naturally the party faithful were going to object; and Hugh cites a recent rebuttal from Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. It is to this article that Hugh devotes his attention, and it is a full-scale debunking in the finest tradition. This is a good read; yes, it's great sport to watch this kind of intellectual artillery pounding the opposition, but the piece also serves to define the current battlefield. This is important for those who have not been following this issue (the erosion of MSM) closely.
Recommended!
# posted by mds : 8:49 AM
