Comments for Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting http://www.fair.org/blog The national media watch group Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:21:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post by Ecumenik http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/29/wanted-pro-nafta-minority-for-cabinet-post/#comment-1034 Ecumenik Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:25:09 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4311#comment-1034 Most of the people who call in on our local community radio, "KMUD" (Humboldt County, CA) have expressed disappointment in Obama's appointments. I can only hope that he is "playing it safe, for now." otherwise it is just another 'Bait-n-Switch' like Bill Clinton's "progressive agenda." Most of the people who call in on our local community radio, "KMUD" (Humboldt County, CA) have expressed disappointment in Obama's appointments. I can only hope that he is "playing it safe, for now." otherwise it is just another 'Bait-n-Switch' like Bill Clinton's "progressive agenda."

]]> Comment on The Bible Tells Me…Something Else by paperwight http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/28/the-bible-tells-mesomething-else/#comment-1020 paperwight Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4305#comment-1020 One might view both conditions as necessary, but not sufficient conditions independent of each other -- that is, you need to be saved, but you also need to *act* saved. Either one without the other won't get you into heaven. One might view both conditions as necessary, but not sufficient conditions independent of each other — that is, you need to be saved, but you also need to *act* saved.

Either one without the other won't get you into heaven.

]]> Comment on The Bible Tells Me…Something Else by Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/28/the-bible-tells-mesomething-else/#comment-1018 Doug Latimer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4305#comment-1018 Well, I think the contradictions just show how human a "divine" document can be, don't you? And there's no heaven, so it's a moot point, right? But what's not contradicted in the Bible is the imploring to help each other, and that should be answered with no expection of reward ... heavenly or otherwise. That's being a mensch ... and that's pretty goddamn "divine" regardless of what you may or may not believe, wouldn't you say? Well, I think the contradictions just show how human a "divine" document can be, don't you?

And there's no heaven, so it's a moot point, right?

But what's not contradicted in the Bible is the imploring to help each other, and that should be answered with no expection of reward … heavenly or otherwise.

That's being a mensch … and that's pretty goddamn "divine" regardless of what you may or may not believe, wouldn't you say?

]]> Comment on Rare Media Criticism for Obama's Cabinet by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/08/rare-media-criticism-for-obamas-cabinet/#comment-1017 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:55:33 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=3743#comment-1017 [...] the media trend of cheering Obama's center-right cabinet nominees, the Los Angeles Times' editorial page weighs in today (12/28/08):  The best measure by which to [...] [...] the media trend of cheering Obama's center-right cabinet nominees, the Los Angeles Times' editorial page weighs in today (12/28/08):  The best measure by which to [...]

]]> Comment on Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post by Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/29/wanted-pro-nafta-minority-for-cabinet-post/#comment-1013 Doug Latimer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4311#comment-1013 It would seem that the only identity Obama gives a fig about is that which embraces the system that gives us war, hunger and oppression ... with a few tweaks to prevent it from collapsing in on itself. His job is to fix the engine, not replace it with one that will hum along tuned to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... or the frickin' Constitution of these here United States, for that matter. And that is, of course, what the corpress expects of him. It's change they can believe in ... and try their damnedest to delude us into supporting, as well. It would seem that the only identity Obama gives a fig about is that which embraces the system that gives us war, hunger and oppression … with a few tweaks to prevent it from collapsing in on itself.

His job is to fix the engine, not replace it with one that will hum along tuned to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … or the frickin' Constitution of these here United States, for that matter.

And that is, of course, what the corpress expects of him. It's change they can believe in … and try their damnedest to delude us into supporting, as well.

]]> Comment on Dailies Demonize Progressive Education by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/12/dailies-demonize-progressive-education/#comment-1012 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:06:55 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=3920#comment-1012 [...] the media trend of cheering Obama's center-right cabinet nominees, the Los Angeles Times' editorial page weighs in today [...] [...] the media trend of cheering Obama's center-right cabinet nominees, the Los Angeles Times' editorial page weighs in today [...]

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