tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post115128229591398938..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Crazy JackGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1152662894890626542006-07-11T20:08:00.000-04:002006-07-11T20:08:00.000-04:00Looking at the large number of blog posts I've pla...Looking at the large number of blog posts I've placed throughout the blogsphere in the last 2 weeks, I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking they look like spam. <BR/><BR/>My apologies to all.<BR/><BR/>Some interesting happened today. I received an email response from Bill Pasco(e) of Diana Irey's campaign against John Murtha for the 12th District of Pennsylvania seat in the House of Representatives.<BR/><BR/>In responding Mr. Pascoe's email, I found it useful to CC that response to him to Elizabeth Baier and her editor Ms. Rosenhause (Managing Editor Sun-Sentinel).<BR/><BR/>The topic of those emails was "Rovian Architecture Unplugged". If you are interested to learn more, feel free to write them. <BR/><BR/>Make "Rovian Architechure Unplugged" your subject heading so they know what your inquiry is about.<BR/><BR/>Their email addresses:<BR/><BR/>Bill Pascoe <BR/><BR/> bill@irey.com<BR/><BR/>Elizabeth Baier <BR/><BR/> ebaier@sun-sentinel.com<BR/><BR/>Sharon Rosenhause <BR/><BR/> srosenhause@sun-sentinel.com<BR/><BR/>Cliff Hancuff<BR/>The World of Journalism Is Flat, Toochancuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414759595667939082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1152130334119631252006-07-05T16:12:00.000-04:002006-07-05T16:12:00.000-04:00I have returned to give you yet another update. A...I have returned to give you yet another update. As of the date and time stamp of this posting the following is correct:<BR/><BR/>The original first paragraph written by Elizabeth Baier at the Sun-Sentinel has been removed. Since their original correction to their story and my constant vigilance and the constantly updated reporting at theinfozone.net, they have rewritten this entire original article. <BR/><BR/>What distinguishes this as unique is that though newspapers certainly update stories all the time, but when doing so, they are required by standard journalism practice to make clear it’s a revision, stating prominently at the top this story is a revision, and updating the date of the article to the date of the revision. <BR/><BR/>They have done neither. Any impression created by this post of mine that this indicates that the Sun-Sentinel is covering up what they started by making all the uproar of this week over something that “never happened” is not my intent here. (legal disclaimers have become necessary)<BR/><BR/>Cliff Hancuff<BR/>The World of Journalism Is Flat, Toochancuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414759595667939082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1151393205996142042006-06-27T03:26:00.000-04:002006-06-27T03:26:00.000-04:00"the U.S. military presence in Iraq is more danger..."the U.S. military presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Were I in Sun-Sentinel's shoes, I'd sit quiet as a mouse, hoping this will all blow over without much more fuss. Elizabeth Baier quotes Murtha several times in her Breaking World News (Brit Hume of Fox News as well as the Wall Street Joural have taken Baier's ball and run with it) claims of what Murtha said in Miami. When direct quotes are used, it's often the case the reporter has recorded the event, in order to make certain their quotes are accurate. What initially drew my attention was her lack of quotes for what she claims Murtha said in her first paragraph.<BR/><BR/>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-ctownhall25jun25,0,7119684.story<BR/><BR/>Shortly after reading the Sun Sentinel story, I googlenews'ed "Murtha Miami Iran Nuclear"<BR/>Among the dozens of hits quoting Ms. Baier indexed within a few hours of the Sun Sentinel's earth shaking expose' of Murtha's talk, I found another article published by the Miami Herald. <BR/> <BR/>http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/14896189.htm<BR/><BR/>You will notice, this writer totally missed Murtha's "shot heard around the world" (technorati now has 400+ hits for what Ms. Baier claims Murtha said.)<BR/><BR/>On the unlikely chance Ms. Baier did *not* quote Murtha from a recording she made at the event ... I've written the Florida International University Public Relations folks asking them to preserve their audio/video recording of this event they sponsored for Murtha to speak at.<BR/><BR/>I've sent inquiries to the entire editorial boards of the Sun Sentinel, Wall Street Journal, Arizona Sun Star and Miami Herald, as well as Knight Ridder, asking them to pursue any recording of this event, in pursuit of the real news story, Elizabeth Baier.<BR/><BR/>It shouldn't take more than a day, or three, for Ms Baier to experience personally, that the world of journalism is flat. Whether you like or despise John Murtha is no longer the story. The real story is ... just how far has mainstream media sunk? Is Jerry Springer Journalism the new standard for reporters? <BR/><BR/>Here's what should strike every blogger as truly shocking... If Murtha never said anything like this ... If America's Conservative Talking Heads plastering this "Murtha fiction" all over the internet, including Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, then who's to blame for this story achieving such prominence that our enemies will have no trouble finding it, and get the comfort these stories provide them? <BR/><BR/>Hold your breath and hope that this aid to our enemies really doesn't have anything to do with John Murtha, at all. Until this gets cleared up by audio/video recordings of what took place in Miami, it's America's media "dittoheads", including bloggers that are the ones providing comfort our enemies.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope Fox News, Wall Street Journal, and of course, conservative bloggers ain't the real culprits giving comfort to our enemies.<BR/><BR/>Keep in mind there are only two stories written by reporters who were actually in Miami last Saturday, where Murtha spoke. One used Mutha's outrageous comments as her opening paragraph, and the other, at a competing Newspaper in Florida, never mentioned them at all.<BR/><BR/>I spent a few hours on the phone with a friend of mine who is editor for a news site. I'm letting him run with this ball. You can follow how this story develops at:<BR/><BR/>http://theinfozone.net/<BR/><BR/>chancuffchancuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414759595667939082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1151368244845465022006-06-26T20:30:00.000-04:002006-06-26T20:30:00.000-04:00spook86, I think Blackfive has a lot more info on ...spook86, I think Blackfive has a lot more info on Murtha - including the fact that he served <B>during</B> Vietnam, but not "in country."<BR/><BR/>Kinda like Markos Mulitsas Zuniga (Kos) served in the Army <B>during</B> Gulf War I in 1991.<BR/><BR/>Those two deserve each other, methinks. As for Murtha, he's got to keep himself framed as the Democratic voice of defense, or else someone might notice those lovely spending <I>earmarks</I> he's famous for.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1151336715001155232006-06-26T11:45:00.000-04:002006-06-26T11:45:00.000-04:00Spook,I take exception to your statement that the ...Spook,<BR/><BR/>I take exception to your statement that the illustrious Democratic Congressman, Jack ’Retreat’ Murtha, may have take leave of his senses. In fact sir, you go to far in your assessment and give the Congressman far too much credit! That vacuous area between the Congressman’s ear’s is not given to intelligent thought as it is known but to some convoluted echo of a Harris/Financial Times poll conducted prior to President’s Bush’s recent trip to Europe where: 5,000 participant’s of Britain, France, Italy and Spain, over three days from June 6 concluded: <BR/><BR/><EM>‘….36 percent of Europeans view the United States as the greatest threat to global stability.<BR/>Thirty percent named Iran and 18 percent China…’</EM><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060619-103001-8366r" REL="nofollow">Poll: U.S. seen as threat to stability</A><BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Egenuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893317991178204109noreply@blogger.com