October 12, 2007Poison Phrase: Is “Media Monitors” a criminal organization?
“Media Monitors” is a Web-based, not-for-profit research and information center that corrects and exposes political misinformation in the U.S. media. They regularly post corrections and highlight embarrassing reports by the “Stars” network. After one such episode, the Stars network ran a piece titled:
- Is “Media Monitors” a criminal organization?
The premise was a weak suggestion that because “Media Monitors” reviews political reporting, they are not entitled to their non-profit status. The report ignored the hundreds of similar organizations who perform similar functions with the same tax status.
The report did not need to convince anyone that “Media Monitors” is a criminal organization to achieve its goal. It only needed to make the suggestion to create doubt in viewer minds about the credibility of “Media Monitors.”
This is an example of an inappropriate use of questions.
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Funny how the neighbohood bullies when they get called on their behavior always, always, always have a lie to shift blame, or, at least attention to the other guy?
Stars is indulging in slander and near criminal intimidation themselves with this slimy attack.
Nik
Comment by NIk NIkkel — October 16, 2007 @ 3:23 pm