Friday, February 15, 2008

A watershed for the dinosaur media organisations

http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/15/the-dopiness-of-hope/
(Hat Tip: Instapundit)

'...at a recent Obamathon, ”There was even cheering from the roped-off press area, where some media members had crossed an unwritten line and brought family.”'

Is there a sea-change in America? The enormous dinosaur news and TV organisations, dominated by Democrats from top to bottom, will not impose on themselves any longer the pretence of objectivity. Meanwhile, an alternative world has come to exist on the web, based on the best principles from the past: objectivity, logical argumentation, civil discourse, a weighing of evidence before judgement and a willingness to admit error. If you vote Democrat, you might not have noticed the bias in the mainstream news organisations. Its only human nature. But everybody else has noticed. This election may prove to be a watershed.

After all, this is a Rubicon. Once you leave behind even-handedness and objectivity you can never go back.

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