False Pretext Strawman Uncovered Again

ID — 12/1/2006 5:11:55 PM (archived)

No the point is not that "good news is NEVER covered". The point is bad news is emphasiized. Everything I listed can be used too demonstrate whether or not that is true. How long it took you to google a few pieces of good news is TOTALLY irrelevant to whether or not news coverage is biased towards the bad. Bias means reporting one form of news out of balance to its actual frequency or impact, not 100% one form or the other.

If Tom has said good news from Iraq is never reported then I disagree with him and you would have a point. However Tom stated this "The "Good News From Iraq" posts were painstakingly collected periodically by a blogger named Arthur Chrenkoff from conventional news sources...." which suggests he does know good stuff gets reported.

Is there a course on the necessity of strawman arguements in liberal art colleges I missed?

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Hey, whatever happened to all those 'good news from Iraq' posts? - R.L. - 11/27/2006 2:35:47 AM
- Don't look at me - FrankC - 11/28/2006 8:02:27 PM
  - re: The dems are in control now - Yeti - 11/28/2006 8:05:10 PM
    - Oh bother that, perception is what counts - FrankC - 11/28/2006 11:33:44 PM
      - Knd of like the perception that Iraq had somehting to do with 911? (n/t) - Yeti - 11/29/2006 6:40:24 PM
        
        pretty much (n/t) - FrankC - 12/1/2006 4:45:39 AM
- re: The situation has degenerated. The Democrats called it. They were brilliant prognosticators. - Scott Evil - 11/27/2006 2:44:30 PM
- re: 'good news from Iraq' posts - TB - 11/27/2006 4:35:07 AM
  - Your good news was welcome but you never acknowledged the bad. - azstrummer - 11/27/2006 11:05:07 PM
  - Is it your contention that the good news is more newsworthy than the obvious carnage? - R.L. - 11/27/2006 4:42:28 AM
    - I would have settled for "as newsworthy." - TB - 11/27/2006 5:07:50 AM
      - Only hear what you want to hear and disregard the rest, hmm-hmm-mmmm - Tony - 11/27/2006 4:49:41 PM
        
        Wearing your boxers again? (n/t) - Fox - 11/30/2006 7:34:25 PM
        
        Nah. Lost them in a clearing somewhere. (n/t) - Tony - 11/30/2006 9:19:38 PM
        
        And Average Google Time Is? - ID - 11/29/2006 11:37:41 PM
        
        Waht part of "good news is spiked" didn't you get? (n/t) - PPD - 11/30/2006 5:49:20 PM
        
        Are You Really That Simple Minded? - ID - 12/1/2006 4:31:49 AM
        
        Good grief - PPD - 12/1/2006 3:25:13 PM
        
        False Pretext Strawman Uncovered Again - ID - 12/1/2006 5:11:55 PM
        
        Actually It Was A Split Hair - ID - 12/1/2006 5:14:10 PM
        
        Here ya go - Tony - 12/1/2006 6:56:43 PM
        
        OK Tom is guilty of exageration from time to time. - ID - 12/1/2006 8:59:59 PM
        
        Hehehehe. (n/t) - Yeti - 11/29/2006 6:18:17 PM
      - re:"I picked a side I really wanted to win. Others did too, from the very start." - Yeti - 11/27/2006 6:01:40 AM
        
        "Ohhh.... Puuuuhhhhleaase!" "Yeah, Right!" "What BS" - TB - 11/27/2006 6:09:35 AM
        
        Why should I grace that crud with an 'eloquent counterargument'? - Yeti - 11/27/2006 6:32:23 AM
        
        "Left-leaning Americans" - TB - 11/27/2006 6:41:46 AM
        
        re: "Left-leaning Americans" - Un-Cute Yeti - 11/28/2006 7:18:14 PM
        
        re: "Left-leaning Americans" - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/29/2006 3:19:47 AM
        
        re: "same leftist PR rhetoric we keep hearing from the MSM" - Bored Yeti - 11/29/2006 3:35:48 AM
        
        And ... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/29/2006 4:36:44 AM
        
        Wow. So that's tryptophan withdrawal. - TB - 11/29/2006 12:16:56 AM
        
        tryptophan withdrawal? Now who is indulging in 'cuteness'? - Yeti - 11/29/2006 5:42:46 PM
        
        Wow, someone woke up - azstrummer - 11/28/2006 10:55:47 PM
        
        re: Wow, someone woke up - Yetster - 11/29/2006 5:54:07 PM
        
        Sparring - azstrummer - 11/29/2006 6:25:21 PM
        
        Your Fixation on Tom Is Ridiculous - ID - 12/1/2006 4:08:43 AM
        
        "protected status" - TB - 11/29/2006 7:41:28 PM
        
        I disagree, that wasn't a flame, and Brosz did demand I 'stop acting cute' - Yeti - 11/29/2006 3:31:25 AM
        
        I'm okay with it staying here. - TB - 11/29/2006 6:57:09 AM
        
        re: Wow, someone woke up - Robert - 11/29/2006 12:28:16 AM
        
        re: "Left-leaning Americans" - Larry Summers - 11/28/2006 9:30:58 PM
        
        So Rush is looking for new work? - azstrummer - 11/28/2006 10:57:26 PM
        
        Tom is right about one thing - Tony - 11/28/2006 8:45:28 PM
        
        Good points, BTW, and well put - Yeti Wielding Yeti Stick of Unreason - 11/29/2006 6:17:32 PM
        
        Well Thank Gr#@$%$k for that!. ;-) thanks. Nice Howitzer you placed up there... (n/t) - Tony - 11/29/2006 7:25:29 PM
        
        I am gonna find a bomb shelter- - R.L. - 11/28/2006 7:45:56 PM
        
        What can I say: I woke up on the wrong side of my Ice Cave this morning - Yeti - 11/28/2006 8:10:53 PM
        
        Yowzah! (n/t) - Robert - 11/28/2006 8:07:10 PM
        
        Ummm so....Republican Hagel is one of 'those people'? - R.L. - 11/27/2006 8:09:39 AM
      - Yeah right - R.L. - 11/27/2006 5:33:43 AM
        
        re: Yeah right - TB - 11/27/2006 6:06:05 AM
        
        re: Yeah right - TB - 11/28/2006 4:17:11 AM
        
        Here it is, distilled down: - TB - 11/28/2006 4:44:12 AM
        
        so hundreds havent been found tortured and killed? (n/t) - R.L. - 11/28/2006 4:48:59 AM
        
        That's an excellent question. - TB - 11/28/2006 5:11:29 AM
        
        Hariyau contraire - Tony - 11/27/2006 5:11:28 PM
- Anyone want to bet that within 2 months the right will be blaming our failure in Iraq on the liberals? - R.L. - 11/27/2006 4:09:34 AM
  - Watch TV - Yeti - 11/28/2006 7:21:37 PM
  - Really its not a failure... - Scott Evil - 11/27/2006 2:49:03 PM
  - They started blaming the left way before the election. - ER - 11/27/2006 12:13:51 PM
  - A lot of that blame will have been honestly earned. - TB - 11/27/2006 4:41:37 AM
    - Superstition I - Robert - 11/29/2006 5:54:36 PM
      - Hey- you have to pay a licensing fee if you want to bang on tom with the superstition Bat - Yeti - 11/29/2006 6:06:38 PM
        
        But then, we'd owe TB royalties for the technique of constant repetition (n/t) - Robert - 11/29/2006 8:23:48 PM
        
        No, no, no... You have it all wrong - IP YetiLawyer - 11/29/2006 8:46:20 PM
        
        re: prior 'art' - Yeti wielding the Yeti Stick of Unreason - 11/29/2006 6:15:39 PM
        
        I feel rather current actually - azstrummer - 11/29/2006 8:29:24 PM
    - Okay, lets assume your bullshit here smells like a rose - Bluff-Calling Yeti - 11/28/2006 7:27:49 PM
      - Effect on the war - TB - 11/29/2006 12:24:29 AM
        
        Hold on a second - Yeti - 11/29/2006 3:41:17 AM
        
        re: Hold on a second - TB - 11/29/2006 7:15:21 AM
        
        Don't Ask A Yeti To Follow Simple Reason - ID - 11/29/2006 11:45:06 PM
        
        Superstition II - Robert - 11/29/2006 5:54:51 PM
        
        Holy Straw Cow - ID - 11/30/2006 12:48:19 AM
        
        Superstition III - Robert - 11/29/2006 8:33:11 PM
        
        Are You Serious? - ID - 11/30/2006 1:06:18 AM
        
        You're not - Robert - 11/30/2006 5:45:05 PM
        
        Oh Yes I Am, You're Just Not Being Honest - ID - 12/1/2006 3:28:43 AM
        
        "cut-and-run" is nothing BUT jingoism - Robert - 12/1/2006 6:45:51 PM
        
        You're Going Off The Deep End Robert (Lord Of The Flies) - ID - 12/1/2006 10:46:55 PM
        
        You know you're a Winger when... - Robert - 12/2/2006 5:17:07 PM
        
        You Just Can't Face Your Own Faults Can You? - Mark Eby - 12/4/2006 4:13:56 AM
        
        As You said: Yowzah! - Yeti - 11/30/2006 7:01:21 PM
        
        frustration - Robert - 11/30/2006 9:18:49 PM
        
        I think you are wrong on one count, unfortunately - Yetster. - 12/1/2006 11:21:23 PM
        
        You may be right - Robert - 12/2/2006 5:34:06 PM
        
        Circle Jerk Indeed - ID - 12/4/2006 3:02:06 PM
        
        So Now You Want To Think? - ID - 12/1/2006 3:36:47 AM
        
        You might want to substitute reasoning for thinking. My dog thinks. - azstrummer - 12/1/2006 3:45:41 AM
        
        Read His Post Dittohead - ID - 12/1/2006 3:59:04 AM
        
        "Party of cut and run?" Maybe not. - TB - 11/30/2006 1:58:00 AM
        
        Tried To Be Careful - ID - 11/30/2006 2:31:28 AM
        
        So Mr. Armchair Warrior..... - azstrummer - 12/1/2006 3:39:29 AM
        
        Try Paying Attention Some Time - ID - 12/1/2006 4:22:16 AM
        
        re: Try Paying Attention Some Time - azstrummer - 12/1/2006 1:52:39 PM
        
        re: Try Paying Attention Some Time - ID - 12/1/2006 2:29:39 PM
        
        Ok, I'm willing to regroup here - azstrummer - 12/1/2006 9:52:34 PM
        
        On Tom - ID - 12/1/2006 11:18:15 PM
        
        Reasonable But I Disagree - ID - 12/1/2006 11:00:37 PM
        
        That puts you a lot closer to most Dems than it does to the admin - PPD - 11/30/2006 9:13:15 PM
        
        Uh Duh - ID - 12/1/2006 3:15:33 AM
        
        Glad to see that the bleeding obvious is finally getting through. - PPD - 12/1/2006 3:16:08 PM
        
        Neither - ID - 12/1/2006 4:42:27 PM
        
        I agree with just about everything you wrote - PPD - 12/1/2006 6:17:15 PM
        
        Perhaps You Can Explain To Robert Then - ID - 12/4/2006 3:03:50 PM
        
        Touche - ID - 12/1/2006 10:53:49 PM
        
        What planet do you live on? - Yeti - 11/29/2006 5:31:48 PM
        
        Outcomes - TB - 11/29/2006 7:03:47 PM
        
        specifics schmecifics - Tony - 11/29/2006 7:34:57 PM
        
        re: specifics - TB - 11/29/2006 7:59:14 PM
        
        Still didnt register huh? - Tony - 11/29/2006 10:17:02 PM
        
        How MANY times must I explain it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/30/2006 12:28:58 AM
        
        As many times as we roll our eyes and ignore you. - Yeti - 11/30/2006 1:06:06 AM
        
        Let me guess you smoke heavily, drink heavily, use pharmeceuticals and want the US out of Iraq? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/30/2006 1:21:13 AM
        
        Batting 500 if it was for me :-D (n/t) - Tony - 12/1/2006 3:26:40 PM
        
        Wrong on every count! - Yeti - 11/30/2006 1:38:13 AM
        
        I apologize. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/30/2006 1:52:34 AM
        
        re: I apologize. - Yeti - 11/30/2006 3:36:27 AM
        
        I thought the topic was Iraq. - Mary Anne - 11/29/2006 1:18:25 PM
    - What BS - R.L. - 11/27/2006 4:43:52 AM
      - re: What BS - gbaikie - 11/28/2006 5:00:18 AM

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