Comments on: Stupid facts

By: Stupid Facts

Stupid Facts — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:56:07 +0000

I do like your phrase “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”, and I agree, journalists like Tom Brokaw are hard to come by but, not everyone can be the best!

Nice article!

Mike
http://stupidfacts.info

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The Thunder Run — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:48:01 +0000

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By: SeniorD

SeniorD — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:59:20 +0000

Cap’n,

I submit ‘journalists’, as opposed to ‘reporters’ start off from the premise ‘They MUST be doing something wrong. I’ve just got find it.’ and then proceed to prove their faulty premise. Perhaps we should rename newspapers and broadcast news ‘Pamphleteers’ at least then people would know when something is being reported or somebody is trying to influence outcomes.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:29:02 +0000

I blame Woodward and Bernstein for the current generation of “opinion shapers”. Recording history is boring. Shaping history is intoxicating. Some MSM-types are starting to wake up (with attendant throbbing head and bloodshot eyes), but I think most are still at the bar, trying to beat the last call.

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:41:53 +0000

Awkward things, those facts. They can ruin a beautiful hypothesis like anthropogenic global warming, or mercury poisoning causing autism.

The thing about facts is, that they just *are*. There’s nothing you can do about them, wth any amount of talking and handwaving.

Drinking works better, to some extent.

N.B. Drinking may also invoke talking and handwaving, if you do it with other people.