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9.20.2004
Television Article | Reuters.com: "'Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in a report,' CBS News said in a statement. The funny thing about this memo flap is that should the news organizations be held to this kind of scrutiny at all times we would realize that nearly 80% of the crap that they pass off for "real news" is either downright false or misleading. My personal opinion is that news organizations are lazy and they frequently pass of information they get from all kinds of dubious sources (like the White House for instance) because its cheaper then doing their own work. CBS news has no interest in proving that everything that runs on their program is authentic. It only has to be believable. That standard is defined by the conventional wisdom; the underlying story of what is true and what is false. You see that CBS is not admitting that the documents are false, only that they cannot prove that they are authentic. They only reason they are even making this move is because some wingnutters made an issue out of it. Good for them. However, the wingers do this not for reasons of truth and fairness, because after all, these are the same nutters that are just as likely to believe that we've found WMD's in Iraq if some soldiers dig up a rusty Coke can. This was a partisan fight, so take these little things into account: CBS cannot prove the veracity of the memos it aired, so it is said that "Rather has lost all credibity". George W. Bush cannot prove that he faithfully fulfilled his duties in the National Guard? No problem. The United States goes to war with another sovereign nation on evidence that was mostly inconclusive? Not an issue. The bar for burden of proof can be raised and lowered. I must have missed this little newsbit, but Marilyn Manson was on The Late Show the other night and said that yes, he is engaged to Dita Von Teese, international burlesque star, and famous naked chick. By my reckoning, since MM is a man and Dita is a women, this marriage will keep the sanctity of marriage strong. Am I right on this one? But, if that older lesbian couple down the road get married we'll be in a world of hurt? (ok, this made me laugh!) Just checking to see if I'm on the right page. OK, one more: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: The nondenominational ceremony took place at a private home in Studio City, California, with about twenty guests in attendance, including Spears' mother Lynne and younger sister actress Jamie Lynn. The couple ate chicken fingers and ribs, and danced to Journey. The wedding makes Spears not only a newlywed but an instant stepmother to twenty-six-year-old Federline's two young daughters, a two-year-old and a newborn, with recent ex-girlfriend, Moesha actress Shar Jackson. (Spears and Federline became engaged before the birth of his second child.) Protecting the sanctity of marriage? Gay men who used to live across the street from me and would watch the house for me and feed the cat? Hell in a handbasket? |
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