Hmm.......some media criticism
Okay, so I see this opinion piece on the CBS News website about Catholic Charities in Boston getting out of the adoption business. They claim they are shut down because MA insists they may not discriminate against gays when placing adoptions, but the Catholic Church says it violates their teaching.
The article is by a Maggie Gallagher, and once I'm into it, it becomes a piece on gay marriage and the problems it will cause between organized religions and the state.
In her bio, I notice a website: marriagedebate.com When I get there, I see that a version of the CBS article is going to appear on the cover of the Weekly Standard next week, and that most of the articles are in support of "traditional" marriage and flat out against gay marriage.
The link is here: http://marriagedebate.com/
So, I wonder why conservatives are still trumpeting this myth that major media contains liberal bias? Here is a major conservative piece on the CBS news website. It also makes me concerned about where I am getting my information.
Some people have criticized me for using Drudge so much. I admit I like his site because of the plethora of links, and because he unearths some very good stories on which to blog. However, I am very much aware of Matt Drudge's political orientation and have commented on it in the past.
What I find specious, however, are pieces that pretend toward objectivity which are, at their core, completely slanted in one direction or the other. Granted, opinion pieces are from the point of view of the writer, not the news organization that publishes them.
What strikes me is how, in this age of unlimited information, it has become increasingly harder to discern who stands where and how they are using information for an agenda, and what exactly that agenda is.
To be media and information saavy in the 21st century is no small feat.
The article is by a Maggie Gallagher, and once I'm into it, it becomes a piece on gay marriage and the problems it will cause between organized religions and the state.
In her bio, I notice a website: marriagedebate.com When I get there, I see that a version of the CBS article is going to appear on the cover of the Weekly Standard next week, and that most of the articles are in support of "traditional" marriage and flat out against gay marriage.
The link is here: http://marriagedebate.com/
So, I wonder why conservatives are still trumpeting this myth that major media contains liberal bias? Here is a major conservative piece on the CBS news website. It also makes me concerned about where I am getting my information.
Some people have criticized me for using Drudge so much. I admit I like his site because of the plethora of links, and because he unearths some very good stories on which to blog. However, I am very much aware of Matt Drudge's political orientation and have commented on it in the past.
What I find specious, however, are pieces that pretend toward objectivity which are, at their core, completely slanted in one direction or the other. Granted, opinion pieces are from the point of view of the writer, not the news organization that publishes them.
What strikes me is how, in this age of unlimited information, it has become increasingly harder to discern who stands where and how they are using information for an agenda, and what exactly that agenda is.
To be media and information saavy in the 21st century is no small feat.
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