A Short Note On Bias And Hypocrisy
Yes, there are many sites that cover bias in the media well and thoroughly, claiming it on both sides. Occasionally, though, an incident occurs that is so 'in your face', it must be spoken of often. Of all things, I think I hate hypocrisy most of all. I hate when I find I'm being a hypocrite on something, and I hate it more when someone else is so blatantly and unashamedly a hypocrite. So when Newsbusters, an affiliate of MRC, highlighted this piece of hypocritical bias from "America's sweetheart", Katie Couric, I felt the need to pile on the scorn.
Apparently, the founder of Domino's Pizza (gotta love the 5-5-5 deal), Thomas Monaghan, is a man of devout faith, in this case a devout Catholic. He's founding a town in Florida where he hopes Catholic values and beliefs will guide those who settle there.
There's nothing unusual about this. Since America's founding, small communities have been founded by most of the religious branches of Christianity, and several smaller fringe groups, to be havens for people of that faith. Certainly Jews, Hindus and Muslims to name just three of the big religions congregate in communities to be close to people of their own faith. See, we tolerate that here in America because that's what we're all about. We're about being able to live where you want to live and living with whom you want to live. Not such a difficult concept. That is, unless you're a shrill windbag like Kouric.
Little Katie couldn't help but try and bait Tom Monaghan on just about any race or religion issue she could think of, from hinting he might be creating an anti-semitic community, “Does that mean you would welcome Jewish residents?”, after he stated the town would be open to "people of all faiths with a “traditional family value perspective” to railing against potential segregation and lack of available contraception. Yes, apparently Katie's so concerned they may not have any rubbers should she stop in town that she asked the question four times.
Funny enough, ABC and CBS when they covered it treated it like a fairly normal, non-slanted news story. Only Princess Katie chose to play the anti-Catholic card, but she's as much a bigot as she consistently hints Mr. Monaghan is. People have the right to associate with whom they want and form communities how they want. If they want to be inclusive, great. If they want to be exclusive, that's their right too. I wonder what sort of little secured neighborhood Katie lives in and if she'd object to certain minorites or religions moving into it. Put let's not start calling out names there kettle.
People like Katie sitting at the top of what people consider the "News media" should concern anyone who thinks they get a balanced and unbiased picture from the mainstream. Of course, if the antique media was so unbiased, there wouldn't have been as much call for internet news and blogs, so I suppose we owe her that one. Have fun in anti-Catholic land, Katie. Your KKK fan mail should really increase after this.
Yes, there are many sites that cover bias in the media well and thoroughly, claiming it on both sides. Occasionally, though, an incident occurs that is so 'in your face', it must be spoken of often. Of all things, I think I hate hypocrisy most of all. I hate when I find I'm being a hypocrite on something, and I hate it more when someone else is so blatantly and unashamedly a hypocrite. So when Newsbusters, an affiliate of MRC, highlighted this piece of hypocritical bias from "America's sweetheart", Katie Couric, I felt the need to pile on the scorn.
Apparently, the founder of Domino's Pizza (gotta love the 5-5-5 deal), Thomas Monaghan, is a man of devout faith, in this case a devout Catholic. He's founding a town in Florida where he hopes Catholic values and beliefs will guide those who settle there.
There's nothing unusual about this. Since America's founding, small communities have been founded by most of the religious branches of Christianity, and several smaller fringe groups, to be havens for people of that faith. Certainly Jews, Hindus and Muslims to name just three of the big religions congregate in communities to be close to people of their own faith. See, we tolerate that here in America because that's what we're all about. We're about being able to live where you want to live and living with whom you want to live. Not such a difficult concept. That is, unless you're a shrill windbag like Kouric.
Little Katie couldn't help but try and bait Tom Monaghan on just about any race or religion issue she could think of, from hinting he might be creating an anti-semitic community, “Does that mean you would welcome Jewish residents?”, after he stated the town would be open to "people of all faiths with a “traditional family value perspective” to railing against potential segregation and lack of available contraception. Yes, apparently Katie's so concerned they may not have any rubbers should she stop in town that she asked the question four times.
Funny enough, ABC and CBS when they covered it treated it like a fairly normal, non-slanted news story. Only Princess Katie chose to play the anti-Catholic card, but she's as much a bigot as she consistently hints Mr. Monaghan is. People have the right to associate with whom they want and form communities how they want. If they want to be inclusive, great. If they want to be exclusive, that's their right too. I wonder what sort of little secured neighborhood Katie lives in and if she'd object to certain minorites or religions moving into it. Put let's not start calling out names there kettle.
People like Katie sitting at the top of what people consider the "News media" should concern anyone who thinks they get a balanced and unbiased picture from the mainstream. Of course, if the antique media was so unbiased, there wouldn't have been as much call for internet news and blogs, so I suppose we owe her that one. Have fun in anti-Catholic land, Katie. Your KKK fan mail should really increase after this.
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