Mr. Obama said he noted the trend. "I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in context, that what you will end up getting is people shouting at each other across the void but not a lot of mutual nderstanding," the President said.
Um, Mr. President. People shouting at each other across the void, without a lot of mutual understanding, is not a description of the blogosphere. It's not even a description of newspapers (which is what your comments were that preceded this one). It is, however, what television news has become. And the comment about fact checking being practically non-existent in the blogosphere, and "no serious attempt to put stories in context" shows how little you read the blogs and how much you actually DO watch television news shows! Actually, when it comes to not checking the facts, AP Wire Service, and its reporters, are fabulous for that.
News broadcasters have been telling outright lies for at least the past four to eight years now, with the most egregious lies coming since this president has been elected. But, with the weak-spined president that we have, instead of calling a liar a liar, to his face, this president has to put the blame on the blogosphere -- back to the pajama wearing, Cheetos eating, kids living in the basement of their parents, blogger mentality.
Time and time again it has been proven that the blogosphere is what is keeping truth out in the forefront while the mass media assault on truth is ongoing, with no abatement in sight.
How ignorant. And here, I thought GWB was the twit. Imagine that.
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I don't know if all blogs together equal (or can counter) Fox "we report you decide" news.
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