Comments on: The clash of absolutes and the on-air fact check http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/ Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Right as Rosen: Fact Check This! « MediaTonic http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-28454 Right as Rosen: Fact Check This! « MediaTonic Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:57 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-28454 [...] Watchdog Jay Rosen cites Soledad O’Brien for doing the right thing. [...]

]]> By: Peter Mullen http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-26439 Peter Mullen Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:27:08 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-26439 Jay, I don’t think you would know honest journalism if it slapped you in the face. Your ‘fact checks’ are nothing more than a partisan head fake when you can’t fall back on the truth. The truth is, the NY Times is written for a very narrow and narrow minded audience and that includes you–liberal elites who are only capable of one way thinking.

]]> By: zaybu http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-25914 zaybu Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:07:09 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-25914 What you are confusing is fact-checks with opinion-checks. King had to admit that what he was expressing was an opinion, which he is entitled to. What he is not entitled is his ‘own’ facts. As to your reference of ‘dog whistle’,that’s all about a point of view, not facts.

]]> By: here http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-25892 here Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:30:21 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-25892 here…

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]]> By: Terry Heaton http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-25582 Terry Heaton Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:43:41 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-25582 Abigail,

It is Mr. King’s assertion that what Ms. O’Brien is using — her “fact checking” — is, in fact, just the other side of an elaborate “he said/she said” reality. Ms. O’Brien’s assumption is that she has independently checked the claims of Mr. King and found them wanting, but he is able to draw her into the “he said/she said,” because his assumption is that she is, in fact, a part of the other side. Does that help or make sense? I’m assuming here that your query is sincere.

Terry

]]> By: Taylor http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-25352 Taylor Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:24:28 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-25352 To extend this analogy a bit…

Soledad O’Brien = THE JUDGE.
Peter King = THE PLAINTIFF.
Obama (represented by fact-checkers) = THE DEFENDANT.
Viewers = THE JURY.
Public Opinion = THE VERDICT.

The truth/objective reality = NOT (NECESSARILY) INVOLVED AT ALL.

]]> By: Links 9/20/12 | Mike the Mad Biologist http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-24931 Links 9/20/12 | Mike the Mad Biologist Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-24931 [...] Theory of the Moocher Class Will Americans Let Romney Talk About Their Mamas? Hurting the Kids The clash of absolutes and the on-air fact check Even David Brooks Glengarry Glen Mitt THE REPUBLICAN NOISE MACHINE AND MITT ROMNEY: THE CON ARTIST [...]

]]> By: abigail beecher http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-24864 abigail beecher Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:25:50 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-24864 Terry, isn’t it O’Brien who is playing the lame he said/he said game? It is O’Brien who is playing the part of Obama surrogate to King’s Romney surrogate and frankly I don’t see the difference between what O’Brien is doing with what David Axelrod would do in this situation.

Please explain.

]]> By: abigail beecher http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-24863 abigail beecher Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:20:25 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-24863 This is obvious since we all know Obama would never lie—it’s just those wingnuts who prevaricate.

]]> By: anon http://pressthink.org/2012/09/the-clash-of-absolutes-and-the-on-air-fact-check/#comment-24690 anon Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:21:33 +0000 http://pressthink.org/?p=2828#comment-24690 Dead on. Why perpetuate a non-story? If someone with a brain or serious influence said so, then even then, only their unaccountable stupidity would be the story!

Oh NEWS! “Someone said something that sounded like a something… oh, I can’t tell you *how* they said it… or what they said. But something they said sounded like something else…” Who ___ cares!

Regardless of the side of politics ‘arguing’ in this manner, if “your base” plays this sort of nonsense, your party must represent morons. May as well just say: “VOTE 1 our party… you’re morons and we’re morons – we have so much in common. Let’s embrace our intuitive knowledge of the meaning of things – even though we can’t explain them to other people, or even to each other.”

I tell you what, I’ve got some news: O’Brien sounds like a communist! Now, I can’t actually tell you *what* he said that sounded commy, but…

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