Comments on: Regulating The Press http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522 make it happen Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Jamie http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522#comment-22788 Jamie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:35:09 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522#comment-22788 Can't we all just agree that each media source is NOT objective. I don't apologize for NYT - they have an agenda. But, I can't condone the analysis from Noel Sheppard either. Can’t we all just agree that each media source is NOT objective. I don’t apologize for NYT - they have an agenda. But, I can’t condone the analysis from Noel Sheppard either.

]]> By: Michael http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522#comment-22773 Michael Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:01 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522#comment-22773 Ads for tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs are already regulated, as is all of broadcast network tv. Don't apologize for the NYTimes. They insert bias and opinion into their supposedly objective news, referring to a half-baked poll and implying that it is a representative sample of Americans, when it clearly isn't. If I wanted opinion veiled in "objective reporting" I'd watch Fox News. Ads for tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs are already regulated, as is all of broadcast network tv.

Don’t apologize for the NYTimes. They insert bias and opinion into their supposedly objective news, referring to a half-baked poll and implying that it is a representative sample of Americans, when it clearly isn’t. If I wanted opinion veiled in “objective reporting” I’d watch Fox News.

]]> By: Jamie http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522#comment-22745 Jamie Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:13:41 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1522#comment-22745 1.) Who wants to regulate corporate ads? Which ones? 2.) The NYT provided the source they were citing. No news agency can stand by the 100% accuracy of their sources nor should they have to. No news agency can possibly explore each confounding factor that could contribute to their sources being unreliable, which is why their is a market for media watchdogging. 3.) Only 73% of the respondents reported who they voted for. That's not even 3/4. Drawing comparisons between actual election numbers and numbers in this poll is not appropriate given the lousy numbers of those reporting voting behavior. Noel Sheppard cannot predict what the real percentages are of those that did not report. He is making the assumption that they follow the same numbers as those that did. If you buy that as appropriate, you are making an even more silly argument than suggesting that this poll is valid. 1.) Who wants to regulate corporate ads? Which ones?

2.) The NYT provided the source they were citing. No news agency can stand by the 100% accuracy of their sources nor should they have to. No news agency can possibly explore each confounding factor that could contribute to their sources being unreliable, which is why their is a market for media watchdogging.

3.) Only 73% of the respondents reported who they voted for. That’s not even 3/4. Drawing comparisons between actual election numbers and numbers in this poll is not appropriate given the lousy numbers of those reporting voting behavior. Noel Sheppard cannot predict what the real percentages are of those that did not report. He is making the assumption that they follow the same numbers as those that did. If you buy that as appropriate, you are making an even more silly argument than suggesting that this poll is valid.

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