(October 8, 2023 at 5:29 pm)Jackalope Wrote:

(October 3, 2023 at 8:34 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Given that it just took a single fringe Republican moving to vacate for McCarthy for him to lose his position, I don't think that's possible anymore.

Is there a single House Republican capable of getting enough votes from their own party?

Oh, they'll get a Speaker eventually. Not that it'll matter much - same clown car, different driver.

Boru

(October 8, 2023 at 5:29 pm)Jackalope Wrote:

(October 3, 2023 at 8:34 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Given that it just took a single fringe Republican moving to vacate for McCarthy for him to lose his position, I don't think that's possible anymore.

Is there a single House Republican capable of getting enough votes from their own party?

No. The military contractors, the Raytheons and the Northrup Grummans, haven't felt enough fiscal pain to squeeze 'em just yet.

(October 8, 2023 at 4:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Basic Journalism Quiz:

What is wrong with the following excerpt from a CNN article?

Quote:Death toll: Israeli authorities say at least 200 people are dead and more than 1400 wounded in Israel. Meanwhile, Palestinian authorities say at least 232 Palestinians have died, and more than 1600 are wounded.

Boru

Were the 200 Israeli's?

Were the 1600 wounded in Palestine?

brew no reed so goodly

(October 8, 2023 at 7:22 pm)brewer Wrote:

(October 8, 2023 at 4:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Basic Journalism Quiz:

What is wrong with the following excerpt from a CNN article?


Boru

Were the 200 Israeli's?

Were the 1600 wounded in Palestine?

brew no reed so goodly

Close, but no cigar.

Boru

Here's another one from CNN. Same problem:

Quote:More than 700 people have been killed in Israel, and over 400 are dead in Gaza.

I may have to remove CNN from my list of news sources. This is reprehensible.

Boru

(October 8, 2023 at 4:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Basic Journalism Quiz:

What is wrong with the following excerpt from a CNN article?

Quote:Death toll: Israeli authorities say at least 200 people are dead and more than 1400 wounded in Israel. Meanwhile, Palestinian authorities say at least 232 Palestinians have died, and more than 1600 are wounded.

Boru

One source says 200 PEOPLE are dead. The other, 232 PALESTINIANS.

Pretty sure boh groups are people...

THANK you. CNN seems to have a vested interest in not referring to Palestinians as 'people'. Only the Israelis seem to deserve that distinction. 

Dehumanizing bastards.

Boru

(October 9, 2023 at 4:46 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: THANK you. CNN seems to have a vested interest in not referring to Palestinians as 'people'. Only the Israelis seem to deserve that distinction. 

Dehumanizing bastards.

Boru

Look again at your second excerpt as well:

Quote:More than 700 people have been killed in Israel, and over 400 are dead in Gaza.

Note the use of active and passive verbs. People were killed in Israel, but they only just happened to be dead in Gaza. A subtle but palpable way to bias the reader.

(October 8, 2023 at 7:22 pm)brewer Wrote:

(October 8, 2023 at 4:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Basic Journalism Quiz:

What is wrong with the following excerpt from a CNN article?


Boru

Were the 200 Israeli's?

Were the 1600 wounded in Palestine?

brew no reed so goodly

They would report on their own people. The others are dismissed. Nothing new there.

My thought was elision for the sake of brevity-saving ink, in the newsprint past. I didn't see that as dehumanizing, probably because of this, and I recognize Palestinians as people, anyway. Except for those animals who paraded some dead gal with only her panties on around in their truck.