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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 221775" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/us/a-changed-dallas-grapples-with-its-darkest-day.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/us/a-changed-dallas-grapples-with-its-darkest-day.html</a></p><p></p><p>Does this article strike you as ethical? Does it reek of the truth and excellence in journalism? No, it does not. Read just the opening paragraph again, as it sets the tone for the entire article. The purpose of this article, as most of what is written in the NY Times, is to push a political agenda. </p><p></p><p>In 1963, the Dallas sheriff was a gunslinger old school cowboy type who embodied the Texas spirit: a right-wing gun and Bible toting hillbilly. Today, the Dallas sheriff is a lesbian Hispanic woman, and a Democrat. The purpose of this article is to show that "old" Dallas was right-wing and wrong. But today, the "new" Dallas is better because it's left-wing.</p><p></p><p>The accompanying photo is taken from the fabled picket fence on the grassy knoll, where conspiracy theorists for 50 years have surmised that the fatal head shot to Kennedy was really from. Where is the disclosure of the intent this photo is really trying to convey? The photo itself is likely not altered, but that's really the point...</p><p></p><p>...which is there are no ethics in ANY of journalism. Why should the accompanying photos be required to disclose anything, when the articles themselves are often laced with innuendos? Every media source has some kind of slant, politically motivated or otherwise. There is no universal truth or source, it's all a matter of perspective. Many people have learned that they can't trust the face on the nightly news anymore, the days of Walter Cronkite have long since passed. Most "news" is little more than commentary, and the images are no different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 221775, member: 1061"] [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/us/a-changed-dallas-grapples-with-its-darkest-day.html[/URL] Does this article strike you as ethical? Does it reek of the truth and excellence in journalism? No, it does not. Read just the opening paragraph again, as it sets the tone for the entire article. The purpose of this article, as most of what is written in the NY Times, is to push a political agenda. In 1963, the Dallas sheriff was a gunslinger old school cowboy type who embodied the Texas spirit: a right-wing gun and Bible toting hillbilly. Today, the Dallas sheriff is a lesbian Hispanic woman, and a Democrat. The purpose of this article is to show that "old" Dallas was right-wing and wrong. But today, the "new" Dallas is better because it's left-wing. The accompanying photo is taken from the fabled picket fence on the grassy knoll, where conspiracy theorists for 50 years have surmised that the fatal head shot to Kennedy was really from. Where is the disclosure of the intent this photo is really trying to convey? The photo itself is likely not altered, but that's really the point... ...which is there are no ethics in ANY of journalism. Why should the accompanying photos be required to disclose anything, when the articles themselves are often laced with innuendos? Every media source has some kind of slant, politically motivated or otherwise. There is no universal truth or source, it's all a matter of perspective. Many people have learned that they can't trust the face on the nightly news anymore, the days of Walter Cronkite have long since passed. Most "news" is little more than commentary, and the images are no different. [/QUOTE]
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