Re: Dan Kennedy on Reliable Sources

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

Dan wrote--

>Maybe that's why I
>haven't seen anything about Castro's crackdown on dissidents in Cuba on CNN?

Excuse me????  I have seen that story covered all over the place, but 
mostly in magazines, I must admit.  On the other hand, I absolutely saw 
something about it on CNN (Headline News), ABC and CBS.  But the truth is 
ALL the networks avoid certain stories.  A report came out last week that 
over 300,000 have been killed in renewed fighting in Rwanda, for example, 
and I cannot recall anyone-- Fox, CNN, or the major networks (except for 
ABC) even mentioning it.

>Dan also wrote--
>Fox has a clear point of view.  They have made a marketing decision to be
>different from the rest of the media, which most people on the right think
>have a left wing bias.

Let's not go down the tunnel of left wing versus right wing bias.  I find 
most of the media are almost as Conservative as Fox, but they are just not 
as obvious about it.  There is no "liberal media" anymore, as far as I can 
tell.  It's mostly corporate now-- decisions are based on where the 
resources are allocated and on which stories will supposedly impact America 
the most.  Maybe that's why the millions of dead in Rwanda are not seen as 
news-worthy until one American dies there?