Comments on: Memes http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bad http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167377 Bad Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:43:29 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167377 "Ipso facto, she’s a Republican, she must be dumb and unqualified." If you guys are really still trying to lay the blame on the media for Palin, you're still fooling yourselves.  She really was a mess, and she really was unqualified: not because she was stupid, or because of her resume, but because she came across as woefully uninformed and unprepared at nearly every term: a patron saint of the know-nothing/not-interested-in-knowing anti-intellectualism that has for some reason taken over what used to be the party of whip-smart intellectuals. "Ipso facto, she’s a Republican, she must be dumb and unqualified."

If you guys are really still trying to lay the blame on the media for Palin, you’re still fooling yourselves. 

She really was a mess, and she really was unqualified: not because she was stupid, or because of her resume, but because she came across as woefully uninformed and unprepared at nearly every term: a patron saint of the know-nothing/not-interested-in-knowing anti-intellectualism that has for some reason taken over what used to be the party of whip-smart intellectuals.

]]> By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167367 zach Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:48:12 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167367 then wouldn't it have been more compelling to link such an article where mitchell's reporting of facts or news reporting was obviously colored by her opinions (on display in the Rose interview)? then wouldn’t it have been more compelling to link such an article where mitchell’s reporting of facts or news reporting was obviously colored by her opinions (on display in the Rose interview)?

]]> By: Dave Price http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167366 Dave Price Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:27:15 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167366 <p>Because that perception colored her coverage the entire campaign, as such inevitably must, and was often repeated as though it were fact.  My objection is to the notion that we have an "objective" press corps which just happens to be 90% Democrats.</p> Because that perception colored her coverage the entire campaign, as such inevitably must, and was often repeated as though it were fact.  My objection is to the notion that we have an "objective" press corps which just happens to be 90% Democrats.

]]> By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167365 zach Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:43:24 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167365 Dave, while I more-or-less agree with Dave S.'s pile-on post above, I have to say I don't see what you're talking about wrt the Newsbusters link.  Isn't it obvious that the Rose interview is Mitchell's opinion?  Where is any of this being presented as "news" or as fact?  Dave,

while I more-or-less agree with Dave S.’s pile-on post above, I have to say I don’t see what you’re talking about wrt the Newsbusters link.  Isn’t it obvious that the Rose interview is Mitchell’s opinion?  Where is any of this being presented as "news" or as fact? 

]]> By: Fallen Glory — Dean’s World http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167354 Fallen Glory — Dean’s World Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:08:30 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/10/memes/#comment-167354 [...] on Dave’s post about confirmation bias in the professional press, I thought I’d share an interesting post with you and add a few [...] [...] on Dave’s post about confirmation bias in the professional press, I thought I’d share an interesting post with you and add a few [...]

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