Monday, February 20, 2006

Someone tell The Oregonian about Mickey Kaus

On Feb. 12, The Oregonian’s public editor explained to readers his newspaper’s decision on the cartoons (excerpt):

Editors at The Oregonian talked about the issue but gave little consideration to publishing the cartoons that have sparked violence across the world. They reasoned that sharing the cartoon was not necessary for readers to understand the story.

"We have every right and an ability to publish the cartoons," says Therese Bottomly, managing editor for news. "But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do."

Bottomly says the newspaper could convey the content of the cartoons to readers without also offending readers. She likened it to the newspaper's avoidance of the "N" word; the racial slur can be described without repeating it.
On Feb. 19, Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby told his readers a little more about The Oregonian’s decision(excerpt):
Several have claimed they wouldn't print the Danish cartoons for the same reason they wouldn't print overtly racist or anti-Semitic material.

The managing editor for news of The Oregonian, for example, told her paper's ombudsman that not running the images is like avoiding the N-word -- readers don't need to see a racial slur spelled out to understand its impact.

Yet a Nexis search turns up at least 14 occasions since 1999 when The Oregonian has published the N-word unfiltered.
Media critic Mickey Kaus keeps telling journalists: Never lie to readers who know how to use Nexis.

Someone needs to tell The Oregonian about Kaus.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

John, I'm going to make a prediction here, in the form of a question.

What are these lying cowards going to do when they publish religious news (pro or con), or cartoons of Jewish, or Christian subjects and the Islamist bastards put bounty on their heads because religions other than Islam are getting more press?

It's going to happen. It is only a small step from prohibiting through force what one can say to requiring through force what one must say.

Same question as before, "What kind of miserable wretch risks his loved ones to the predations of barbarians because he is a coward?"

I think of the wives of these males and wonder how deep their contempt must run for these ineffectual testoterone deficient organisms. Hopefully at least the women are armed and prepared to defend themselves and their children, their "sensitive" husbands certainly aren't prepared to come to their defense.

Sensitivity, my ass, they're scared and not men enough to work through it. Only idiots are never afraid. Men deal with it and keep doing what they should. The ones who don't are so dead of soul that physical death is anti-climactic. I would pity them if I could, but they just don't count enough. A pox on them.