Time Magazine Tells Lies
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Did the headline work? Gee, hope so. If it’s made you come and look, then good deal. The headline, is correct. Michael Grunwald is a lazy, incomplete hack who didn’t wait and check for due diligence on this subject. Time began a frenzy of ignorance, especially within the blogging community where due diligence is mostly a personal matter. Inaccuracy is as good as lying.
I am offended by the BP commercials that are replaying, now that a ‘credible’ journalistic source (outside of Fox News) has determined that ‘it isn’t all that bad’, that the ‘crisis is over’ or that ‘it was blown out of proportion’ by those paying attention and those reporting accurately. All these years after Love Canal and still, eating up what corporate serves you? Like uneducated clowns, the population that refuses to look at the awful truth condemns us all to relive a past. Over and over again.
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Didn’t vet his story….?
This story is has been turning hourly on the AP service and daily on Reuters … because of all the conflicting releases out of the Gulf states and the BP releases. They are trying to resolve them ala all in one….
Mike, there are plenty of news sources questioning / vetting / Grunwald’s story. It depends on your sources. This whole catastrophe been under conflicting news information. The ongoing gush of the crude kept news focused on crisis.
I’ve seen your posts, MM. I realize you are hopeful that this ecodisaster is ‘not as bad as we thought’. Even my eyes looking over the photography combined with all the interviews conducted with locals and the experts from ecological groups / institutions are ‘in crisis’ over the present health hazards, let alone the ones will expose themselves over time. Is the death of our southeastern wetlands not evidence enough… ???
But the Southeastern wetlands haven’t been destroyed and they have now reopened huge sections of the Gulf to fishing. I am not taking the side of this reporter. I am just saying that this disaster wasn’t as bad as it could have been…at least to date. Very interesting post Gwen.
Here is what I don’t get, assuming that the TIME reporter just made the whole thing up, or didn’t do it right: TIME is a HUGE long lasting and long living news mag. I just find it hard to believe that they didn’t vet his story. I mean if you have a reputation to behold, beyond FOX news wouldn’t you do that?
Mike S. The ones who hold true are to be valued for sure. Example: On Cronkite’s words LBJ didn’t run for a second term.
Powerful Truth.
I do see a problem with SOME and I’ll say they have been bought and paid for. Of course Fox can always be an example of that.
This is both on a local and National scene.
But the ones who dig and ask the questions that are needed, brother my eternal gratitude for them. I always wanted to be a reporter and wish life were different so that I could have.
For the record Time is owned by Time Warner, Not exactly a News Media outlet. I don’t think the truth is of much importance to them.
Look, I guess 4D is being facetious, but I gotta say this: As a reporter and editor at newspapers, I never conveyed a lie to increase sales. Nor did I see my colleagues knowingly conveying falsehoods. Journalists aren’t perfect, but real journalists value truth.
Mike, I still have my credentials… but I am no longer a paid reporter. No in many years. BUT I have to tell you, I’ve know a legion of them (all affiliates of sex and race) who have desperately, hopefully, shamefully, paid to do it, etc. with an agendea… lied to the public and sometimes to their editors. I’ve know an editor who fired someone for not writing up the lie. Now, I have only published nationally for Mojo. Many years ago. So, I might not have the expertise you do. But this I do know… while we are agreed that most journalists value truth… there are loads of them out there who don’t give a fuck. And I stand by my accusation … Time magazine lies.
I also respect your point of view. I’m stunned and yet happy to know someone out there does not see any yellow / infortainment / lying or corrupt journalistic demonstration.
To be clear, I reject any statement that ALL media outlets tell lies to increase sales. That’s utter bullshit.
Point well taken Mike S. !!!
4D! Ya wanna get real? ???? I think the truth here is that I’ve kinda skimmed over 4D’s remarks and didn’t apply Mike’s response correctly. My bad. BAD. 🙂
Grunwald got all offended by the critical response to his article. Boo-hoo. (Click on offended for a Mother Jones post on Grunwald’s mewling.)
He has helped BP in its propaganda campaign, so being “deluged by complaints” seems like getting off easy if you ask me.
Good, to-the-point post, Gwen. Thanks.
….I’ll keep my cherry red Doc Martins on though…;-)
Show me any media outlet that doesn’t lie to increase sales / viewers and I’ll run naked through London.
…or alternatively..I promise not to run naked through London…;-)
Thank you Gwen,
Very effective post.
ClusterFox is just the worst of the MSM, all essentially have preservation of the status quo in mind. We all want a recovery but phony feelgood messaging is irresponsible, people hear and read it then figure it’s ok. Makes it difficult to fund restoration efforts.