tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post18053191968263063..comments2023-10-22T04:57:07.468-04:00Comments on <center>WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?</center><center> (J.D. Rhoades' Blog)</center>: Get It Now, Get It First, Get It Wrong, Redux JD Rhoadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-44206220484173150692013-04-22T16:48:16.155-04:002013-04-22T16:48:16.155-04:00I'm still in favor of "post a lie, pay a ...I'm still in favor of "post a lie, pay a fine" regulation for mass media. If you publish an easily-fact-checkable falsehood, you have to pay a significant amount of money AND publish a retraction with the same amount of emphasis as the original falsehood was given. I can't come up with any more-effective proposal that doesn't run afoul of the First Amendment, and this one should* be very popular with the "take responsibility for your own actions" crowd as well. <br /><br />* But won't be, because when it comes right down to it, those people are all "responsibility for thee but not for me or anyone I approve of".Celinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-24023890593727682172013-04-22T13:18:51.775-04:002013-04-22T13:18:51.775-04:00What's lacking is a measure of self-regulation...What's lacking is a measure of self-regulation. News organizations should have some mechanism in place to call "Bullshit" on each other.<br /><br />One may think that this is letting the foxes guard the hen house, but I look at it this way: Better self-regulation than Congressional regulation. Congress is made up of politicians who, for the most part, are perpetually running for reelection or the next big prize. None of them are experts, yet they try to write laws governing finance, technology, and so on with no clue as to how those things actually work.<br /><br />The problem with this idea is that you have three networks and three 24-hour news outlets. Waiting for one of them to step up and take the lead is going to take longer than the wait for Zombie Michael Jackson to announce his world tour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-73814706983797693522013-04-22T10:50:50.776-04:002013-04-22T10:50:50.776-04:00Amen, Brother. If you want a fascinating read that...Amen, Brother. If you want a fascinating read that also demonstrates just how dangerous the echo chamber of modern journalism can be, read "The Mirage Man: Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War" by David Willman. In it he follows the timeline of how the media covered the anthrax attacks, where the sources came from, etc. It's not necessarily the focus of the book, but I found it very disturbing, because you would get retired law enforcement or terrorism people speculating, then the media jumping on it and reporting it as fact, then government officials reporting what the media said as fact, which reinforced the echo, which made law enforcement people shift the focus of their investigation... frightening.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-63209300688194568482013-04-21T20:12:51.594-04:002013-04-21T20:12:51.594-04:00I heard on ABC CNN had 'problems.' Geo S...I heard on ABC CNN had 'problems.' Geo Stephanoplus offered the fact that CNN is all news 24/7 as a reason for the slip ups.<br /><br />I watched ABC for the entire event, thought their coverage was excellent.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235616914962766745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-31899209415954412672013-04-21T17:36:28.870-04:002013-04-21T17:36:28.870-04:00One I heard was that it was a plot to divert our a...One I heard was that it was a plot to divert our attention from that darned old gun background check bill.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.com