Comments on: How My Post Immediately Above Meets the Exacting Standards of the L.A. Times http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/ Harangues that just make sense Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:21:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Laura http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319311 Laura Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:03:50 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/#comment-319311 Your "parody" and this analysis post were brilliant and thought-provoking. Great job. Too bad it will probably sail above the heads of most of the staff of the Times. Best wishes, Laura Your “parody” and this analysis post were brilliant and thought-provoking. Great job. Too bad it will probably sail above the heads of most of the staff of the Times.

Best wishes,
Laura

]]> By: mojo http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319207 mojo Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:13:31 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/#comment-319207 That's what you get for reading that fishwrapper, man. Aggravation. That’s what you get for reading that fishwrapper, man. Aggravation.

]]> By: aunursa http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319204 aunursa Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:59:39 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/#comment-319204 Paul Krugman decries the politics of hate -- complaining that "anything he said, and some things he didn’t say ... was held up as proof of his alleged character flaws." Coming from someone like Krugman, that's rich. Paul Krugman decries the politics of hate — complaining that “anything he said, and some things he didn’t say … was held up as proof of his alleged character flaws.”

Coming from someone like Krugman, that’s rich.

]]> By: Vermont Neighbor http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319200 Vermont Neighbor Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:47:51 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/#comment-319200 This is rich. It's like the flip side to the Daily Show, where most people get their news. Patterico's fine work highlights a scary parallel. The LAT is parody without the warning label. <blockquote>Of course, I have no idea whether this is actually true. But it feels like it should be — and that’s good enough.</blockquote> This is rich. It’s like the flip side to the Daily Show, where most people get their news. Patterico’s fine work highlights a scary parallel. The LAT is parody without the warning label.

Of course, I have no idea whether this is actually true. But it feels like it should be — and that’s good enough.

]]> By: chad http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319187 chad Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:05:52 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/#comment-319187 On a similar topic (media distortion) you might want to take a look at Paul Krugman's latest NY Times piece, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/opinion/11krugman.html?ex=1360472400&en=5f0ee81a0e142005&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink" title="" rel="nofollow">Hate Springs Eternal</a> On a similar topic (media distortion) you might want to take a look at Paul Krugman’s latest NY Times piece, Hate Springs Eternal

]]> By: Fritz http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319168 Fritz Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:40:31 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/02/11/how-my-post-immediately-above-meets-the-exacting-standards-of-the-la-times/#comment-319168 Very good. In fact your parody is probably more accurate than some of the stories appearing in the LA Times even though you were attempting to be inaccurate in order to demonstrate a point. In the end there are bloggers who pay little attention to facts just as there are reporters who do the same. For me the difference is that I quickly weed out those inaccurate bloggers, but newspapers are like a community of bloggers in which some do good work and others do not. Yes, I could simply ignore stuff written by the inaccurate reporters or columnists, but when I buy a paper the proceeds go to support all of them and I don't wish to support those who continually distort and lie. Very good. In fact your parody is probably more accurate than some of the stories appearing in the LA Times even though you were attempting to be inaccurate in order to demonstrate a point.

In the end there are bloggers who pay little attention to facts just as there are reporters who do the same. For me the difference is that I quickly weed out those inaccurate bloggers, but newspapers are like a community of bloggers in which some do good work and others do not. Yes, I could simply ignore stuff written by the inaccurate reporters or columnists, but when I buy a paper the proceeds go to support all of them and I don’t wish to support those who continually distort and lie.

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