‘Responsible, Ethical Journalism’

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Thanks to Maggie’s Farm for reminding us of this brilliant May 4 prediction about the Times Square car bomb from law professor Timothy Stoltzfus Jost:

I think the politics of this incident will turn heavily on who is found to be responsible. If, as seems unlikely, the bomb is linked to South Asian or Middle Eastern terrorists, questions will again arise as to whether the Department of Homeland Security is doing all it can do to keep us safe. If, as I believe is much more likely, the bomb was placed by a right-wing lunatic, it seems to me that questions need to be raised as to whether the right-wing media bear some responsibility for stoking the delusions of such people through their relentless and often unfounded attacks on the Obama administration and the federal government.
We need to consider whether it isn’t time to return to responsible, ethical journalism.

Don’t quit your day job, professor.

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  11. These days commenters like this guy and Bloomberg and the rest of the idioterrati would make Lee Harvey Oswald out to be a right wing lunatic.

    The thing that makes it worse than pathetic is after idiots like this guy are proved wrong they don’t skulk into a hole somewhere so filled with shame they never show their face in public again. Instead we get the same stupid thing over and over again. Meanwhile idiots like Timothy Stoltzfus Jost are still respected members of the community.

    I puke therefore I am.

  12. These days commenters like this guy and Bloomberg and the rest of the idioterrati would make Lee Harvey Oswald out to be a right wing lunatic.

    The thing that makes it worse than pathetic is after idiots like this guy are proved wrong they don’t skulk into a hole somewhere so filled with shame they never show their face in public again. Instead we get the same stupid thing over and over again. Meanwhile idiots like Timothy Stoltzfus Jost are still respected members of the community.

    I puke therefore I am.

  13. These days commenters like this guy and Bloomberg and the rest of the idioterrati would make Lee Harvey Oswald out to be a right wing lunatic.

    The thing that makes it worse than pathetic is after idiots like this guy are proved wrong they don’t skulk into a hole somewhere so filled with shame they never show their face in public again. Instead we get the same stupid thing over and over again. Meanwhile idiots like Timothy Stoltzfus Jost are still respected members of the community.

    I puke therefore I am.

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