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by jb4
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7/3/02 10:59:41 AM
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New Oh, puh-LEEEEZE, Bill...
So you assert the Michael Eisner picks the stories run on ABC news.

Jack Welch's replacement picks the stories that run on NBC.

Steve Case determines the news run on anything owned by AOL/Time Warner.


If you're gonna debate the man, debate him. This pablum is just too transparently a rhetorical trick (which is, correctly, called a "straw man") to fool anyone, not even yourself.

Debate him, don't play directly into his hands.

(I expected better of you...unless, of course, you really don't have an argument...)
jb4
"I remember Harry S. Truman's sign on his desk. 'The buck stops here.' Strange how those words, while still true, mean something completely different today." -- Brandioch
Post #44,359
by bepatient
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7/3/02 1:11:30 PM
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New Actually.
That company's policy determines what stories run and what stories are pursued and what stories are dropped.


I've worked at several corporations...each one had procedures for setting policy...each one required that policies be approved at CEO level before going into effect.

So, my follow-up to the above statement...which you claim to be a strawman...is how "policy" is set at 3 Fortune 200 companies and one Big 5 oil firm.

However, this point hardly seems worth all the effort.


You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson

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     Media bias - (Silverlock) - (84) - June 28, 2002, 04:48:39 PM EDT
         Wow - (bepatient) - (77) - June 29, 2002, 12:57:21 AM EDT
             Wow - what an exercise in non-commentary on the - (Ashton) - (76) - June 29, 2002, 02:46:02 AM EDT
                 I just had a beer. - (Ashton) - June 29, 2002, 03:36:22 AM EDT
                 Silly. - (bepatient) - (74) - June 29, 2002, 12:06:00 PM EDT
                     Oh...btw... - (bepatient) - (63) - June 29, 2002, 12:08:57 PM EDT
                         Dumb me.. - (Ashton) - (62) - June 29, 2002, 05:12:07 PM EDT
                             Ok...I promise... - (bepatient) - (61) - June 29, 2002, 06:01:08 PM EDT
                                 Bzzzzzttttt! Wrong answer. - (Brandioch) - (60) - June 29, 2002, 06:12:36 PM EDT
                                     You've wasted 3 more... - (bepatient) - (59) - June 29, 2002, 07:52:54 PM EDT
                                         Point of subtle orthogonal inference, please: - (Ashton) - (58) - June 29, 2002, 10:14:23 PM EDT
                                             Instead of induhveejewels... - (bepatient) - (57) - June 29, 2002, 10:36:38 PM EDT
                                                 Target acquired. Commencing SLAM! - (Brandioch) - (3) - June 29, 2002, 10:53:50 PM EDT
                                                     Ah... - (bepatient) - (2) - June 30, 2002, 12:02:27 AM EDT
                                                         And you're still trying to weasel out of it. - (Brandioch) - (1) - June 30, 2002, 12:13:21 AM EDT
                                                             Read elsewhere...if you must. -NT - (bepatient) - June 30, 2002, 12:29:12 AM EDT
                                                 Oh... Riiigghhhht.. - (Ashton) - (52) - June 29, 2002, 11:11:53 PM EDT
                                                     Mr. Lehrer is Mr. PBS News not NPR News. - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - June 29, 2002, 11:31:57 PM EDT
                                                         My bad. As to Lehrer: Oh Yes He Can be held accountable - (Ashton) - (3) - June 29, 2002, 11:50:28 PM EDT
                                                             The "sponsor" - COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - June 30, 2002, 10:34:15 PM EDT
                                                                 Expect? Guts, not pandering to a set-up, ovinely. -NT - (Ashton) - June 30, 2002, 11:09:03 PM EDT
                                                                 Hmmm, think "umpire". - (Brandioch) - July 1, 2002, 02:25:27 AM EDT
                                                         Silence == support. Particularly with a reputation. - (Brandioch) - June 30, 2002, 12:25:32 AM EDT
                                                     So its not good enought to just ist their networks... - (bepatient) - (45) - June 30, 2002, 12:28:04 AM EDT
                                                         You thought it would be? - (Brandioch) - (43) - June 30, 2002, 11:55:45 AM EDT
                                                             Ah, - (bepatient) - (42) - June 30, 2002, 04:28:52 PM EDT
                                                                 Learn what "bias" is. - (Brandioch) - (41) - June 30, 2002, 08:53:48 PM EDT
                                                                     So you assert... - (bepatient) - (40) - June 30, 2002, 09:17:09 PM EDT
                                                                         Point of logical order? - (Ashton) - (4) - June 30, 2002, 11:37:27 PM EDT
                                                                             Maybe you don't notice a bias based on the current issue... - (bepatient) - (3) - July 1, 2002, 02:11:26 AM EDT
                                                                                 Stats as of a month ago. - (Brandioch) - (2) - July 1, 2002, 02:34:03 AM EDT
                                                                                     So your point is??? - (bepatient) - (1) - July 1, 2002, 09:04:20 AM EDT
                                                                                         Read the questionaire. - (Brandioch) - July 1, 2002, 10:17:36 AM EDT
                                                                         "Strawman", eh? - (Brandioch) - (32) - July 1, 2002, 02:15:09 AM EDT
                                                                             Nope...nice try though. - (bepatient) - (31) - July 1, 2002, 09:11:21 AM EDT
                                                                                 And that's all the "proof" needed. - (Brandioch) - (5) - July 1, 2002, 10:16:51 AM EDT
                                                                                     Hopeless. - (bepatient) - (4) - July 1, 2002, 02:45:20 PM EDT
                                                                                         well you could always change your sig - (boxley) - (2) - July 1, 2002, 02:47:56 PM EDT
                                                                                             chuckle - (bepatient) - July 1, 2002, 03:51:35 PM EDT
                                                                                             The medical term for that is CRIS... - (bbronson) - July 1, 2002, 04:08:34 PM EDT
                                                                                         "liberal bias" "picking on Clinton". - (Brandioch) - July 1, 2002, 06:34:18 PM EDT
                                                                                 Bill, this may be a good starting point for you. - (mmoffitt) - (24) - July 1, 2002, 06:24:50 PM EDT
                                                                                     bzt - (bepatient) - (23) - July 1, 2002, 06:41:09 PM EDT
                                                                                         I suggest you read their site. - (Brandioch) - (13) - July 1, 2002, 08:07:47 PM EDT
                                                                                             Pointing to an alternate site - (bepatient) - (12) - July 1, 2002, 10:34:06 PM EDT
                                                                                                 A different site? - (Brandioch) - (11) - July 1, 2002, 11:27:44 PM EDT
                                                                                                     The >book<...my ever so sensitive friend... - (bepatient) - (10) - July 2, 2002, 08:32:20 AM EDT
                                                                                                         A book on genetics, endorsed by the KKK web site. - (Brandioch) - (9) - July 2, 2002, 10:47:43 AM EDT
                                                                                                             Brain death? - (bepatient) - (8) - July 2, 2002, 11:32:00 AM EDT
                                                                                                                 I will reconstruct the crime. - (Brandioch) - (7) - July 2, 2002, 02:06:38 PM EDT
                                                                                                                     You do whatever you like dear. - (bepatient) - (6) - July 2, 2002, 03:26:31 PM EDT
                                                                                                                         "Bias" is completely unrelated? - (Brandioch) - (4) - July 2, 2002, 05:02:15 PM EDT
                                                                                                                             Like I said... - (bepatient) - (3) - July 2, 2002, 06:28:27 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                 Again, their position on global warming shows their bias. - (Brandioch) - (2) - July 2, 2002, 06:38:13 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                     Whatever. -NT - (bepatient) - (1) - July 2, 2002, 06:39:40 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                         So, your point is that a book store will sell it? - (Brandioch) - July 3, 2002, 10:47:40 AM EDT
                                                                                                                         Refs. be damned than.. So: - (Ashton) - July 2, 2002, 05:39:55 PM EDT
                                                                                         Was any research actually conducted? - (Silverlock) - (8) - July 2, 2002, 01:22:38 PM EDT
                                                                                             Goldberg appears... - (bepatient) - (4) - July 2, 2002, 02:37:06 PM EDT
                                                                                                 That's not what I'm saying - (Silverlock) - (3) - July 2, 2002, 04:23:38 PM EDT
                                                                                                     America is bi-polar. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - July 3, 2002, 11:31:08 AM EDT
                                                                                                         To the extent that is true.. - (Ashton) - (1) - July 3, 2002, 04:49:56 PM EDT
                                                                                                             Good Point and one I hadn't considered. - (mmoffitt) - July 3, 2002, 04:59:39 PM EDT
                                                                                             Interesting you should post that link... - (screamer) - (2) - July 2, 2002, 04:52:04 PM EDT
                                                                                                 The only one that comes close to as many hits - (screamer) - (1) - July 2, 2002, 06:27:09 PM EDT
                                                                                                     Close enough.. - (Ashton) - July 2, 2002, 09:03:52 PM EDT
                                                                         Oh, puh-LEEEEZE, Bill... - (jb4) - (1) - July 3, 2002, 10:59:41 AM EDT
                                                                             Actually. - (bepatient) - July 3, 2002, 01:11:30 PM EDT
                                                         In defense of Public Broadcasting - (screamer) - July 1, 2002, 01:02:24 PM EDT
                     Actually, it would need a rebuttal. - (Brandioch) - (9) - June 29, 2002, 05:10:51 PM EDT
                         Cool - (bepatient) - (8) - June 29, 2002, 05:30:39 PM EDT
                             Awwww, poor baby. - (Brandioch) - (7) - June 29, 2002, 05:54:39 PM EDT
                                 Me? - (bepatient) - (6) - June 29, 2002, 06:06:15 PM EDT
                                     Yes. You. Stop acting like a child and grow up. - (Brandioch) - (5) - June 29, 2002, 06:27:23 PM EDT
                                         Excuse me? - (bepatient) - (4) - June 29, 2002, 07:48:24 PM EDT
                                             I'm sure there is an excuse for you. - (Brandioch) - (3) - June 29, 2002, 08:11:01 PM EDT
                                                 And yet another... - (bepatient) - (2) - June 29, 2002, 08:18:44 PM EDT
                                                     Nah.. I think it's about the fun of ___Surprise! - (Ashton) - (1) - June 29, 2002, 10:43:09 PM EDT
                                                         But it is no surprise... - (bepatient) - June 30, 2002, 12:30:21 AM EDT
         This can't be of much importance. - (Ashton) - June 29, 2002, 03:29:32 AM EDT
         "Own the press and you own the People" - V.I. Lenin - (mmoffitt) - (4) - June 29, 2002, 06:13:50 PM EDT
             thats why the repos dont want to support NPR :) - (boxley) - (3) - June 29, 2002, 10:27:56 PM EDT
                 Re: Yup: only rich country to SELL most all the airwaves - (Ashton) - (2) - June 29, 2002, 11:26:10 PM EDT
                     Sell? You mean Give dont you? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - July 1, 2002, 12:22:59 PM EDT
                         Yes.___WTF was I *thinking!* -NT - (Ashton) - July 1, 2002, 04:31:23 PM EDT

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