tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3212462802575573817..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: March Madness, IIkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-39097277955478014972007-03-19T22:27:00.000-04:002007-03-19T22:27:00.000-04:00The best opinions come from John in Carolina, who ...The best opinions come from John in Carolina, who suggests moving the N&O's Khanna piece to the No. 1 position, dropping Duff and his August piece to second, and from Cedarford for the suggestion to add Lynne Duke's WashPo piece to the Top 10. J-in-C's suggestion to add the News & Obersever's swagger piece to the Top 10 is also an excellent one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-11933857031028795732007-03-19T22:19:00.000-04:002007-03-19T22:19:00.000-04:00How come we know that the coverup is worse than th...How come we know that the coverup is worse than the crime and those who attempt to cover up don't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72636318467476938422007-03-19T18:53:00.000-04:002007-03-19T18:53:00.000-04:00@ Luke 2:09 AMWhatever was said at the Divinity Sc...@ Luke 2:09 AM<BR/><BR/>Whatever was said at the Divinity School must have been a lulu because it now appears to be inaccessible. Gotta admit it's pretty cool for a Divinity School to play cover-up. <BR/><BR/>I seem to remember some old screed about "false witness," but I am sure something that ancient doesn't bother a really up-to-date Divinity School<BR/><BR/>JeffMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16082816654755455072007-03-19T17:20:00.000-04:002007-03-19T17:20:00.000-04:00"Sunlight is the best disinfectant." That is the m..."Sunlight is the best disinfectant." <BR/><BR/>That is the motto of "The Fire" organization - and would work equally well for this (and some of the other) Duke case blogs. The more "sunlight" focused on prosecutors and police, the universities' angry studies departments, etc..the better. <BR/><BR/>Lessons learned from the Duke case: Never talk to police without a lawyer. <BR/>Never assume that innocence is your best defense and the truth your shield.<BR/> Never trust that a prosecutor's sole motivation is the truth. <BR/>Check the credentials of the professor before you take the course. <BR/>Know what your alumni donation is supporting - you may be surprised. <BR/> Finally, if a dispassionate approach and a devotion to fact over agenda-serving fiction is your news preference, the MSM will disappoint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84926612904601589612007-03-19T17:16:00.000-04:002007-03-19T17:16:00.000-04:00OMG, you people are ridiculous! There is plenty o...OMG, you people are ridiculous! There is plenty of money out there for another Fox News or two to exist... and according to you all, the "oppressed" rightwingers would come out in droves for more and more conservative media.<BR/><BR/>But I gotta make the quite simple observation: With conservatives having so much money, if there was a market for right-wing spin above and beyond Fox, sufficient to provide a 2nd media outlet with enough viewers, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE YEARS AGO!<BR/><BR/>The fact of the matter is that Fox News thrives on the segment of the population that wants to hear its own beliefs reiterated on a daily basis.<BR/><BR/>To claim MSNBC is some sort of liberal bastion is not only ill-informed, its plainly ridiculous. Tucker Carlson and Joe Scarborough vs. Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann. The ONLY one of those 4 who compares to almost EVERY one of the psychos on the Fox News Channel is Olbermann, who doesn't even try to be fair. EVERY SINGLE RIGHTWING HOST ON FOX IS LIKE OLBERMANN!<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, Matthews -- though clearly a Democrat -- is much more fair, at times being very transparent about going harder after Dems and trying to look friendly with Repubs to make him seem "fair and balanced". On the other hand, you have Scarborough and Tucker Carlson... two REAL conservatives (i.e., they don't spew NEO-conservative garbage every night). <BR/><BR/>I mean, MSNBC is the network that is most often accused of being the worst out of Fox, CNN and MSNBC. But two of the four nighttime hosts are staunch REAL conservatives (again, not neocons), and only ONE of them (Olbermann) compares to the left-wing version of psychopaths who won't listen to a word edge-wise (i.e., John Gibson, Fred Barnes, Mort Kondrake, Bill O'Reilly, Brit Hume, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Brian Kilmeade, Mr. Happy [LOL, what a tool], et al).<BR/><BR/>Your argument that MSNBC is soooooo liberal must be premised on the fact that Scarborough and Tucker Carlson are also liberals... or at least one of them is.<BR/><BR/>As for CNN... I have so much more respect for CNN as a pure news network then I could ever have for Fox. I don't know if CNN could accurately be described as "liberal" or not... but even if it were "liberal", once again, there aren't maniacs like on Fox, who run the show. If your argument is that they take a less pro-American, and more internationalist perspective on issues... well I'm sorry, but as far as news goes... thats kind of the essence of a NON-BIASED perspective. CNN is much more news-orientated than is Fox News.<BR/><BR/>As for the print media (a/k/a, the "old media"... once again, there is more than enough money amongst conservatives to have been competing with "right-wing" newspapers for the past 100 years. Newspapers like the NY Post would be much more common... if the proverbial Billy-Bobs and country bumpkins actually read newspapers, and/or could afford them. Intelligent conservatives already read the Wall Street Journal, and the NY Post for outright biased slants and great sports coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16886010734544216802007-03-19T14:31:00.000-04:002007-03-19T14:31:00.000-04:00I'm amazed how Tim Tyson has managed to stay below...I'm amazed how Tim Tyson has managed to stay below the radar. He did not sign the "We're Listening" statement but I believe his articles and remarks, especially early on, were unbelievably inflammatory and he certainly is an expert at playing the race card. In my mind, he exemplifies "white guilt." He is an ardent supporter of the accuser and I don't recall him uttering even a single word of concern about the false accusations against Reade, Collin, and Dave and this total travesty of justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87469930860012868032007-03-19T14:14:00.000-04:002007-03-19T14:14:00.000-04:00Michael Gaynor: Wanting the hoax to be true<A HREF="http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_21269813.shtml" REL="nofollow"><BR/><I> Michael Gaynor:</I> Wanting the hoax to be true</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50662110345531817912007-03-19T13:52:00.000-04:002007-03-19T13:52:00.000-04:00I agree with an earlier post: Tim Tyson has got t...I agree with an earlier post: Tim Tyson has got to get some play. He's an unrepentant Duke prof and peddles the same false historical "meta-narrative" of the 88. My only question -- why wasn't he a signatory of the Gang's first ad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24244329500718349912007-03-19T13:51:00.000-04:002007-03-19T13:51:00.000-04:00Duff, of course, felt no need to explain what that...Duff, of course, felt no need to explain what that body of evidence was. They have been getting away with this for years. Thanks to the blogsphere, this outrage is being exposed - the "reporters" are participating in the demise of newspapere and their so called editors are helping them. No newspaper buying until they can write an unbiased account of events. Most of all, the traitors writing about Iraq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62092072803745633662007-03-19T13:29:00.000-04:002007-03-19T13:29:00.000-04:00Someone call Sal Ruibal. I stumbled across a "drun...Someone call Sal Ruibal. I stumbled across a "drunken soiree" this weekend. It was a St. Patrick's Day party. Unlike the lacrosse "drunken soiree" where guys just sat around looking bored, people at the St. Patty's Day soiree were actually "ambulating" around.<BR/><BR/>Someone should alert the Cultural Anthropology Department too. I'm not sure what the consequences of this St. Patrick's Day celebration will be but I'm afraid the people involved will just get a slap on the wrist. Because of the Irish's culture of privilege and superiority, their devotion to St. Patrick and their propensity for wearing green, they'll probably get away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35649994416156454422007-03-19T12:35:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:35:00.000-04:00The New York Times Duff Wilson "body of evidence" ...The New York Times Duff Wilson "body of evidence" piece in a landslide.<BR/><BR/>In the other articles, the authors wanted the allegations to be true. Because of this bias, along with laziness and stupidity, they at least, for the most part, thought they were reporting what really happened. <BR/><BR/>The New York Times was altogether different. The Times deliberately tried to mislead the public. Their article came later, when enough evidence was out, and it was past the time for merely jumping to conclusions.<BR/><BR/>They had to know the allegations were false, but they nonetheless tried to make the case that they were valid.<BR/><BR/>They did this purely because of the political implications of the case. Specifically, they couldn't allow the public to know that the criminal justice system can actually work against white privileged boys, or that white liberal Democrat politicians can cynically pander to black voters, and would go so far as falsely accuse somebody to do so.<BR/><BR/>The Times knowingly threw three innocent kids under the bus in furtherance of their politics.<BR/><BR/>Rod Allison, DetroitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-79993280517961156712007-03-19T12:34:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:34:00.000-04:00Kill him, Marve. Kill him good!!! I didn't like th...<I> Kill him, Marve. Kill him good!!! </I><BR/><BR/>I didn't like the "castrate" banner, and don't like the above.<BR/><BR/>I typed "helmet sports" into Google and the first page that came up was <A HREF="http://www.hardheadedsports.com/" REL="nofollow">Hard Headed Sports - Bike, skate,ski, snowboard, kayak, water, and whitewater helmets </A><BR/><BR/>Sure enough, lacrosse isn't in the list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28925774937773247132007-03-19T12:31:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:31:00.000-04:00To LukeFor a little more of Professor Timothy B. T...To Luke<BR/><BR/>For a little more of Professor Timothy B. Tyson check out his Feb. 26 editorial in the Duke Chronicle.<BR/><BR/>http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/26/Columns/Assault.Is.Not.Normal.Just.Ordinary-2742876.shtml<BR/> <BR/>Note his use of statistics which I would call "slippery" to be charitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2658227893104432152007-03-19T12:04:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:04:00.000-04:00interesting article. Duke Case: The "Liberal" Prob...interesting article. <BR/><BR/>Duke Case: The "Liberal" Problem - Wanting The Hoax To Be True<BR/>By Michael J. Gaynor<BR/>Mar 18, 2007<BR/>http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_21269813.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-75965770359441146092007-03-19T12:02:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:02:00.000-04:00I hope you will provide a detailed summary of ever...I hope you will provide a detailed summary of everything the Duke administration did . I hope you include all of the administration players including deans ,press,trustees,broadhead,counsel,athletic deparment,etc.This is extremely important do alums in particular and is much needed to expose what they really did to cut through all the universities attempts to spin and mislead us all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36044462204245663472007-03-19T11:35:00.000-04:002007-03-19T11:35:00.000-04:00According to Rud, the gang-rape was "simmering", a...According to Rud, the gang-rape was "simmering", and I see Michael Corey characterizes pro-LAX bloggers as "seething and shrieking". May I join in this sibilance? Durham's justice system, sirs, is a <I>suppurating sore</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46128175883870280622007-03-19T11:20:00.000-04:002007-03-19T11:20:00.000-04:00I am astounded at views and actions of the element...I am astounded at views and actions of the elements of the media called out here by KC. And I am equally astounded by the other constituencies - the Group of 88, large elements of NCCU, the NAACP and others who have subscribed to the view that "something happened" so as to merit a criminal inquiry against the lacrosse team. My astonishment does not equate to a condemnation of "radical liberals", or special interest politics, or the empirical benefit that so often appears to derive from leveraging white guilt and engaging in a form of racial extortion - while these factors may be objectionable, they are not "new" or "unique". No, what I continue to be astounded at is that so many hitched their wagon to an obvious hoax - one that was obvious fairly early on - and in so doing have profoundly enabled prosecutorial misconduct of the highest order that anyone who cares about having any confidence in the criminal justice system. I recognize that journalists are often accused (rightly so) of having thin skin, but how emancipating it would be for them, and how helpful would it be to enhance confidence in the criminal justice system, if they could admit that in their zeal to find a set of facts that could finally prove their worldview, they badly miscalculated? I just don't get it. What kind of Fourth Estate do we have if the height of prosecturial misconduct can't be an overriding priority for a news organization?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86384782618541582172007-03-19T10:33:00.000-04:002007-03-19T10:33:00.000-04:006:45 Agree with you completely. This mean spirited...6:45 Agree with you completely. This mean spirited women wrote two of the worst articles, Her mea coupa does not cut it in my book. plus, she can't write. Thanks Anne Coulter for not joining in with the MSM in conceming these guys,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4767027402586463412007-03-19T10:28:00.000-04:002007-03-19T10:28:00.000-04:00Professor Tom - Thanks for a good laugh this morni...Professor Tom - Thanks for a good laugh this morning. Your are a star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20821634283380474162007-03-19T10:02:00.000-04:002007-03-19T10:02:00.000-04:00Well Done, Professor Johnson. What a fiasco. I d...Well Done, Professor Johnson. What a fiasco. I do think the first place finish for the New York Times is very appropriate. They can add this award to their case full of dubious honors. Walter Duranty's and Jayson Blair's to begin with. <BR/><BR/>I am looking forward to seeing how you rank the dubious scholarship of Nifong's academic supporters. Unfortunately, it won't be easy, because there is so much of it. <BR/><BR/>Orson BuggeighAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80584340108638105692007-03-19T09:43:00.000-04:002007-03-19T09:43:00.000-04:00These propaganda machines are striking back. They ...These propaganda machines are striking back. They are advocating several initiatives that would weaken blogs and objective news reporting:<BR/><BR/>1: Campaign Censorship laws (McCain-Feingold and proposed additions to it). This would make it impossible to report on political events as every conversation, fax and email must be reported to authorities. In France, goverment already banned blogs or non-MSM journalists to describe violent events (e.g. daily muslin riots).<BR/>2: Media "fairness" bills (fairness is of course defined by New York Times and and Gang88). This blog would probably had to give 50% of the space to Gang88 in the name of "fairness". New York Times can of course continue as is.<BR/><BR/>Contact your congressman or vote accordingly (this sentence would be illegal in the proposed legislation). Scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71876684148667705112007-03-19T09:39:00.000-04:002007-03-19T09:39:00.000-04:00Thanks for all, KC. I can't believe it. I really c...Thanks for all, KC. <BR/><BR/>I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. It's too good to be true. <BR/><BR/>At last, liberal academics have had their faith shaken. Now you see what it's like for all of us on the right. For years, we Neanderthals have suffered at the hands of the MSM. We stayed in our caves. With Limbaugh and Fox, we've ventured out...encouraged by their successes. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps, when this is all over, liberals will never again blindly accept the nonsense promulgated by the MSM. <BR/><BR/>I doubt it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-89906384154900649722007-03-19T09:37:00.001-04:002007-03-19T09:37:00.001-04:00Thanks for all, KC.I can't believe it. I really ca...Thanks for all, KC.<BR/><BR/>I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. It's too good to be true.<BR/><BR/>At last, liberal academics have had their faith shaken. Now you see what it's like for all of us on the right. For years, we Neanderthals have suffered at the hands of the MSM. We stayed in our caves. With Limbaugh and Fox, we've ventured out...encouraged by their successes. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps, when this is all over, liberals will never again blindly accept the nonsense promulgated by the MSM.<BR/><BR/>I doubt it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67382047986992571302007-03-19T09:37:00.000-04:002007-03-19T09:37:00.000-04:00I wouldnt be too hard on all News papers. the Wal...I wouldnt be too hard on all News papers. the Wall Street Journal satnds out as one of the few credible reporters. Their editorials actually occur on the editorial pages.<BR/><BR/>But of course, business people deal with reality. "Wishing makes it so" doesnt really work in the real world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18942714311722013662007-03-19T09:13:00.000-04:002007-03-19T09:13:00.000-04:001:15 AM --Good for you. I encourage everyone to a...1:15 AM --<BR/><BR/>Good for you. I encourage everyone to acknowledge poor performance by the media by cancelling all newspaper subscriptions. If enough people do it, they'll either go out of business or change the way they present what is laughingly referred to as "the news" in this country.<BR/><BR/>There is no valid reason to spend money on something you can get for free. If you like to work crossword puzzles (the # 1 lame excuse people give for continuing to subscribe to the NYT), buy a book of them at your local bookstore. You'll get more puzzles for less money and you won't have the rest of that rag stinking up your house.<BR/><BR/>The NYT is not unique in being "a lousy newspaper." They all are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com