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4:43 pm, 2/2/10
Founding Bloggers on the apparent local media blackout of Lech Walesa's endorsement of Adam Andrzejewski for Governor of Illinois:
Last week, Nobel Laureate, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, and former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, traveled to Chicago to endorse a political candidate for governor of Illinois.Don't worry, they're just fringe radicals! Nothing to see here. (Video at the link.)
Who he endorsed doesn't matter. The fact that he is here endorsing anyone at all should be considered newsworthy.
Unfortunately for Chicago residents, and the Polish community specifically, if you get your news from the city's local television stations, you might not have even known that he was in town, let alone that he attended a Tea Party, and endorsed Adam Andrzejewski for governor.
Dairenn Lombard at 07:33 PM, 2/2/10
No, they're not. The news media has gone from being useless to obstructionist. Here in Los Angeles, the city is facing a half billion dollar budget deficit, and to close that gap, they're talking about layoff city workers, including cops and firefighters, which has drawn the ire of many, obviously. But rather than report on the reason we got here in the first place, they're reporting on the mess as though it is without origin. The mayors name NEVER comes up in the middle of all of this. Most people would agree that a lie by omission is still a lie, and by not even asking the question what the mayor may have to do with all this, they might as well just print up press releases from his office, and read them right off the teleprompter.
When you can't separate the news from the agenda of a major political party--no matter which one it is--you've got the next best thing to Soviet-style state-run news. That is not only a disservice to the community, it is also harmful.
No, they're not. The news media has gone from being useless to obstructionist. Here in Los Angeles, the city is facing a half billion dollar budget deficit, and to close that gap, they're talking about layoff city workers, including cops and firefighters, which has drawn the ire of many, obviously. But rather than report on the reason we got here in the first place, they're reporting on the mess as though it is without origin. The mayors name NEVER comes up in the middle of all of this. Most people would agree that a lie by omission is still a lie, and by not even asking the question what the mayor may have to do with all this, they might as well just print up press releases from his office, and read them right off the teleprompter.
When you can't separate the news from the agenda of a major political party--no matter which one it is--you've got the next best thing to Soviet-style state-run news. That is not only a disservice to the community, it is also harmful.
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