Comments on: Az Gay State Sen. Accuses GOP Of Ethics Breach

By: darkmoonman

darkmoonman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:25:29 +0000

The Republicans would be livid had this been done to them – but who really expects decency or equality from NeoCons??

By: guvenor

guvenor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:45:59 +0000

God is a Republican. Didn’t you know? He voted for Reagan – twice!

By: Censoredagain

Censoredagain — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:32:55 +0000

I understand space and time limitations both in the print and broadcast mediums. Further your point about the contextual information is understood as well. However, I disagree with your criticism about expecting more from news reports with your assertion that I expect them to be more academic. It is not that I expect them to be more academic; I expect them to be accurate and informative.

It is irresponsible for a reporter to paraphrase an individual then not cite the source of the paraphrase well following that same logic if the same reporter is to give information the source from which her/she received the information should also be cited.

I refuse to be complacent and accept inferior, irresponsible and inaccurate news reporting. News writers write to the lowest common denominator which now is at a fourth grade level and given the American school systems that is very low. I expect the news media to be respectful to their consumers and not condescending to them by continuing to accept what they have to say as fact. They should list their sources so the news consumer could double check the facts if one so chooses to do so.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:50:15 +0000

Most Republican politicians are an ambarassment to this country. God-willing, the end of their sick reign will be soon be over.

By: eugene

eugene — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:12 +0000

it is no surprise to me that the fascists are in control of the legislature. let them put it to the public vote, they’ll be smacked down again. just as they were in the last election.

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:07:36 +0000

Seriously man. This is a news article not an academic paper. This is more about giving a little bit of context to the overall piece in a format that’s easy to consume. Are many of these “context facts” skewed. Sure. We live in a world with a biased media. Any poll is suspect anyway. I always wait till I have seen several polls on a subject to start to form an real view of public opinion anyway. That’s just life. Don’t complain about it.

By: Tyrolian

Tyrolian — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:44:49 +0000

Good for you Kenny! We will patronize your restaurant to show support.

By: Censoredagain

Censoredagain — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:55:02 +0000

“Public opinion polls have showed that while most people in the state oppose same-sex marriage they do not want to enshrine that in the constitution.”

This reminds me something that my composition teacher kept saying before each assignment; “Don’t tell me, show me”. What companies did the polling; When did the companies do the polling and when were the polls published?

Now the thoughtful reader has extra research steps to do in order to fact check what was written.