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Clackamas Print
Commentari
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Face Off: Biased news media
Liberal journalists feed
the masses a load of lies
Ben Caldwell
The Clackamas Print
Is the media too liberal? Why yes,
yes it is.
It seems that every other day I hear
about how some White House official
managed to screw up, or how the world is
ending and the Republicans are to blame.
While that may be true, if it is the opinion
of the reporter, the story is biased.
This is the problem that we are having
in today’s media. Reporters are not stay
ing objective. They inject their personal
feelings into their reports, in turn losing
sight of the stories as they are.
News is no longer news; it is a mass
attack on conservative views. Reporters
think, “Hey, let’s degrade the Republicans
because they haven’t done anything for
us lately; they only freed the slaves and
united the country.” The funniest thing is,
the rift that was present during the Civil
War is still here and is just perpetuated by
the liberal media.
Today’s society is faced
with the same
problem that it
was faced with
then: the North
against the
South - only
instead of the
Southerners
being
Democrats,
they are now
Republicans.
While the
names
Capitalist news corporations
manipulate content, opinions
have changed, the fundamental argument
has not.
This is where the media comes in.
They impose their views and opinions
upon the herd. If a person does happen tc
disagree with, them, they label him or her
as some hick-red-neck who can’t even
spell his or her own name.
The worst thing about this whole mess
is that respectable news outlets like CNN
and The New York Times now have a
liberal bias, which causes them to lose the
respect that they once held.
You now have smart people getting
their news from places like Fox News,
which is just as bad as getting it from
CNN. You never get the
full story, just what they
want you to hear.
Matt Olson
Commentary Editor
Is the media too conserva
tive? Hell yes.
No longer is opinion con
fined to the commentary
section. No longer is edito
rial the only format in which
a biased writer may voice his
or her opinions in the news.
Conservative propaganda and
capitalist rigmarole make truth
a commodity.
News groups like CBS,
News Corp, and Time Warner
are giant media
moguls, and the
bottom line
with
any
corporation
is, well, the
bottom line.
Don’t miscon
strue the accusa
tion of a capitalist
agenda as a totally
horrible thing.
Capitalism is
what
motivates
greatness in many
people, but it’s not the
best motivation for
truth. Nearly anyone
will tell a little white
lie or omit a fact or two
for a quick buck
It’s not just about
capitalist motivations and
manipulations; a lot of
the problem is a split
in public opinion, mir
rored in print, broadcast
and Internet reporting.
The argument for liberal
bias in the news media is sim
ply an over-correction. There
are liberal reporters, photog
raphers and editors, but the
simple truth is that all those
people still answer to the man
who signs their paychecks.
Politicians have realized
that reporters are the watch
dogs and referees of the politi
cal arena. If they control the
referee, they control the game.
By buying up the business end
of a newspaper or news chan
nel, conservative interests can
manipulate content and cover
age, which is a much more
powerful form of control
than word choice or
tone of voice.
Jaded
journal
ists continue to
worsen the situation.
Commentary writers and
editors continue to spew
inane opinions in an attempt
to inform
—■==»===> the pub-
------ lie, when
really they’re
just worsening a bad
situation. Just stick to
the facts and present the
truth.
Whether or not an
individual is liberal or
conservative ¿x ,if Bill
O’Reilly is a blathering
idiot on a' power trip, or
Anderson Cooper is trav
eling the world sell
ing his own unique
brand of condescension to
smug elitists - is not the issue. ,
The real travesty is the news
that goes unreported, or the '
truths that are omitted in order '
to serve the best interests of
corporate archfiends with thfir
oily tendrils in the brains of
opinion through omission and
misdirection. This is where the
true slant lies: in the power
behind the presses, in a conser
vative agenda of business and
money.
It’s
about the
bottom
There are such things as stupid questions: here are a few
Every question deserves an
answer, no matter how brain
less or white-trash that question
may be, right? Well, maybe not,
but here are Dr. Kim’s answers
to this year’s most ridiculous
questions:
1) Dear Dr. Kim,
I think I might be pregnant.
My boyfriend and I have only
been seeing each other a couple
of weeks, and I’m not sure he
would be a good father ... but I
don’t believe*in abortion. What
should I do?
- Sally
Disclaimer: Dr. Kim is not a real
doctor, nor has she ever been.
She’s working on it, though.
To read more of “Dr. Kim, ” go
to askejean.com and click on the
“Top Campus Sex Columnists. ”
To send Dr. Kim a ques
tion, e-mail her at
drmaier2006@yahoo.com.
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Dear Sally,
The deed is done, Miss Sally!
Give the baby up for adoption,
and next time, make your skee-
zy boyfriend wear a condom.
2) Dear Dr. Kim,
I’m having a problem. I had
an IUD inserted last year, and
my periods have been really
sporadic since then. I’ve only
C o -E ditors - in -C hief : Sam Krause,
Katie Wilson
C opy E ditor : Colleen Watkins
N ews E ditor : Megan Koler
C ommentary E ditor : Matt Olson
F eature E ditor : Laura Cameron
S ports E ditor : Mike Guidice
A&E E ditor : David Stark
P hoto E ditor : Adam J. Manley
had two this year. I’ve also had
some abdominal cramping ...
and this funny smell. HELP!
- Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
What do you expect me to say
to something like that? “Hop up
on my examining table, and put
your feet in the stirrups; we’ll
get to the bottom of this ...?”
No! GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!
Do you really need me to tell
you that?
3) Dear Dr. Kim,
So, I have a friend,
friend participated in
bang with my other
girlfriend. Should I
friend what happened?
- Anonymous
and that
a gang
friend’s
tell my
Dear Anonymous,
Well, it sounds like your
friends are a really classy
crowd. And your friend’s girl
friend is a total whore.
Hmmm ... do you think you
A d M anager : Elizabeth Hitz
S taff W riters : Nicholas Baker,
Lydia Bashaw, Kayla Berge,
Benjamin Caldwell, Jesse Dees,
Leia Dickerson, Frank Jordan,
Heatherann Price, Dustin
Ragsdale, Jess Sheppard, Andrea
Simpson, Sean Van Walchren,
Emily Walters
k
could get your gang bang par
ticipant or the whore girlfriend
to bribe you out of spilling?
‘Cause that’s the only up-side
I see coming out of this situa
tion.
4) Dear Dr. Kim,
Where do I find all the hot
chicks on campus?
- Christopher Robin
Dear Christopher,
You can find them all clus
tered in one building, wear
ing string bikinis and pouring
liquor and hot fudge all over
each other. I believe it’s called
the “Advancement for Beautiful
and Easy Young Girls” build
ing. It’s somewhere over by
Streeter.
5) Dear Dr. Kim,
How do you know when a
girl is really in to you?
- Hopeless Romantic
Dear Hopeless,
P roduction A ssistants : Joseph
Elliot, Rachel Gillette, Garrilynn
Harvey Chris Young
P hotographers : Juno Dean,
Brandy-Marie Faulhaber, Jennesa
Palmer
D epartment A dviser : I inda Vogt
D epartment S ecretary : Pat
Thompson
Ask her, you hopeless, dumb
ass.
6) Dear Dr. Kim,
My girlfriend and I brokei
up about eight weeks ago. Eveij
since then, I can’t think of anyj
thing else. She won’t even tai
to me. I tried leaving note
on her car because she won’
answer her phone, and she jus!
throws them away. I can’t even
think straight at work, and I’nj I
panicking without her. Please] I
please, help me win her back! I
- Crazy in Love with!
Jessica
Dear Crazy.
It’s easy to see why Jessica
ran away from you. Try not!
devoting your every waking!
thought to this girl, and maybe!
she won’t continue thinking!
you’re a psycho. Actually, I’ml
just saying that to make you!
feel better. She will probably!
continue thinking you’re a psy-|
cho, and so will I.
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