tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post7885041982419716295..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Wendy Murphy's Revivalkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34719468838857361762010-09-01T09:55:09.629-04:002010-09-01T09:55:09.629-04:00Some time ago I pointed out that Wendy Murphy
mana...Some time ago I pointed out that <a href="http://www.patriotledger.com/opinions/x1682953943/WENDY-J-MURPHY-Is-Foxy-Knoxy-an-innocent-coed-or-manipulative-murderer/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Wendy Murphy</a><br />managed to get a number of facts of the <a href="http://viewfromwilmington.blogspot.com/2010/01/ominous-parallels-comparing-duke.html" rel="nofollow"> Amanda Knox/Raffaele Sollecito </a> case wrong as well. After rereading her article, I can say that it is even less inaccurate than I remembered. For example, Murphy wrote of Rudy Guede, “and one guy, a drug-dealer friend of Amanda's, has already been convicted.” Amanda Knox met Rudy Guede once or twice at most. She knew who he was; he was not her friend. Ms. Murphy treats the forensics as if CSI Miami were on this case, but it was more like CSI Mayberry.<br /><br />My father warned me not to listen to any pundit who incited anger, because anger blinds one to reason. The next time I see Ms. Murphy on the tube, I will stick my fingers in my ears.Chris Halkideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933976220776524122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29603658519051513042010-08-28T14:40:55.955-04:002010-08-28T14:40:55.955-04:00Some time ago I pointed out that Wendy Murphy
mana...Some time ago I pointed out that <a href="http://www.patriotledger.com/opinions/x1682953943/WENDY-J-MURPHY-Is-Foxy-Knoxy-an-innocent-coed-or-manipulative-murderer/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Wendy Murphy</a><br />managed to get a number of facts of the <a href="http://viewfromwilmington.blogspot.com/2010/01/ominous-parallels-comparing-duke.html" rel="nofollow"> Amanda Knox/Raffaele Sollecito </a><br />case wrong as well. After rereading her article, I can say that it is more wildly inaccurate than I remembered.<br /><br />My father warned me not to listen to any pundit who appealed to anger, because anger blinds one to reason. The next time I see Ms. Murphy on the tube, I will stick my fingers in my ears.Chris Halkideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933976220776524122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87327669296966832742010-08-28T03:04:55.954-04:002010-08-28T03:04:55.954-04:00I agree with Jay, Prof. Bill Anderson, and David N...I agree with Jay, Prof. Bill Anderson, and David Nieporent.<br /><br />1. The slandered former members of the Duke Lacrosse team should sue the hell out of Wendy Murphy.<br /><br />2. The Massachusetts Bar needs to be prodded -- hard -- into disciplinary action against Wendy Murphy. Hopefully this would result in suspension or revocation of her license to practice law.<br /><br />3. Pressure should be brought to bear upon the New England School of Law to fire, or at least discipline, Wendy Murphy.<br /><br />Clearly, and sadly, publishing the truth about her multiple falsehoods and continued lying is not enough.<br /><br />Gus W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61298114705587181302010-08-25T12:13:11.310-04:002010-08-25T12:13:11.310-04:00Has anybody considered writing to the New England ...Has anybody considered writing to the New England School of Law to ask why Wendy Murphy is still associated with the school? I know it isn't exactly Harvard, but shouldn't they care at least a little bit about their reputation?David Nieporenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437009739704663939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-32797055815004690522010-08-22T13:50:20.560-04:002010-08-22T13:50:20.560-04:00KC, Did you note Ralph Luker of Cliopatria was one...KC, Did you note Ralph Luker of Cliopatria was one of the JournoListas? <br />The professor doth protest too much, methinks. Your position is clearer to me know. If Luker passed on his JournoList DNA to his group, why it is difficult to know how far-reaching his polluted, so-called news journalism could travel? You might even find that some Cliopatria participants staunchly supported a presidential candidate they knew absolutely nothing about. I personally would rather Luker not even touch the subject of history ever again, who could believe a thing he writes? That “Gang of 88” just added some new members, IMHO. <br /><br />SEE: Historians for Obama - History News Network, George Mason University-<br />http://hnn.us/articles/44958.htmlMaxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-60505615029212566312010-08-20T13:53:47.558-04:002010-08-20T13:53:47.558-04:008/15/10 11:28 AM
Or I could be pointing out the in...8/15/10 11:28 AM<br />Or I could be pointing out the inconsistency of the statement of a person who would say he doesn't watch a particular show but manages to draw conclusions about "Cable News" based on his non-observation.<br />NoDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65776215026369019582010-08-20T13:43:57.291-04:002010-08-20T13:43:57.291-04:00This whole Balko/Murphy claptrap is so transparent...This whole Balko/Murphy claptrap is so transparent it seems juvenile to me. If you read the gripe about Wendy Murphy is seems to be around a statement about 2% of sex offenders. That one statement is reverberated in a drumbeat/echo tactic used by the Journolistas. David Brock at Media Matters (Soros funded) is one of the drummers, and he is a Journolist member. <br /><br />I viewed the video of (libertarian) John Stossel’s program when Radley Balko (libertarian) and Murphy were the guests. I noted that Balko did 75% of the talking, and while Murphy did talk, he leaned back in his chair and smirked. That was very sexist, and certainly not professional in my opinion.<br /><br /> I see the circle now, Balko who also wrote for the libertarian Reason Magazine, mentioned KC Johnson, KC Johnson (libertarian) mentions Balko, and then Media Matters and the others, echo-echo-echo. They seem to say, “Lets use Wendy Murphy as the fact-challenged child advocate as the poster girl, to further our sex offenders registry fight. Why we can even work in a shot at Glenn Beck and Fox News!” (Sarcasm)<br />You ask what did the Journolistas do that was worse than Murphy? What the Journolistas accomplished, is to let President Jimmah Carter off the hook! MOO!Maxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67230786928233155442010-08-20T13:35:52.659-04:002010-08-20T13:35:52.659-04:008/15/10 11:28 AM
Or I could be pointing out the in...8/15/10 11:28 AM<br />Or I could be pointing out the inconsistency of a thought process that suggests that the means of transmission of information (cable, radio waves, print etc.) has anything to do with the validity of the message.<br />NoD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73679051630162677122010-08-19T10:51:08.073-04:002010-08-19T10:51:08.073-04:00More opinion that the Journolistas targeted Fox Ne...More opinion that the Journolistas targeted Fox News:<br />Video: WSJ.com Columnist John Fund discusses Journolist vs. Fox News<br />http://tinyurl.com/2b7mvm7<br /><br />You can view pictures of the ‘Jourolist’ members at: <br />http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=29858<br />Note: Salon has two members.Maxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73937185817466183612010-08-18T23:54:28.887-04:002010-08-18T23:54:28.887-04:00“JournoList liberals also discussed how Fox News i...“JournoList liberals also discussed how Fox News isn't a news organization and should be denied access to White House briefings and denied a skybox at the Democratic National Convention.”<br />Read more: http://tinyurl.com/2efn835Maxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41761146040324942502010-08-18T17:49:21.624-04:002010-08-18T17:49:21.624-04:00Are cable channels licensed by the FCC in the way ...Are cable channels licensed by the FCC in the way broadcast channels are? Are there actually licenses for the FCC not to renew for these channels?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76259630866690274732010-08-18T16:41:23.665-04:002010-08-18T16:41:23.665-04:00To the 11.43:
I don't read only liberal sites...To the 11.43:<br /><br />I don't read only liberal sites. Indeed, the first site on my daily blogroll is the libertarian Volokh Conspiracy.<br /><br />That said, I'll repeat the earlier question: where was the working journalist (as opposed to a UCLA professor) who advocated (or even asked about) shutting down Fox News; and how is anything related to Journolist comparable (much less worse than) to anything Wendy Murphy did in the lacrosse case?kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78281899757087506922010-08-18T16:41:23.269-04:002010-08-18T16:41:23.269-04:00To the 11.43:
I don't read only liberal sites...To the 11.43:<br /><br />I don't read only liberal sites. Indeed, the first site on my daily blogroll is the libertarian Volokh Conspiracy.<br /><br />That said, I'll repeat the earlier question: where was the working journalist (as opposed to a UCLA professor) who advocated (or even asked about) shutting down Fox News; and how is anything related to Journolist comparable (much less worse than) to anything Wendy Murphy did in the lacrosse case?kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43513494386765702172010-08-18T11:43:17.325-04:002010-08-18T11:43:17.325-04:00KC, If you only read liberal media news articles, ...KC, If you only read liberal media news articles, you could not be fully aware of the ‘Journolist’ controversy. The liberal media has downplayed the scandal from the start. They of course want the story to go away. The dreaded Fox News is one of the few places that covered the story, and bloggers have been left to keep it alive. It is horrifying to realize these faux-journalists helped shape the out-of-control decline the USA now faces using unprofessional tactics.<br /><br />Jonathan Zasloff, a law professor at UCLA on JournoList: “I hate to open this can of worms,” he wrote, “but is there any reason why the FCC couldn’t simply pull [Fox's'] broadcasting permit once it expires?”<br /><br />Also SEE:<br />Contains links to check out sources of information:<br />-Joe Klein of Time got anti-Sarah Palin talking points from Journolist-<br />http://tinyurl.com/26yzfsx<br /><br />Contains excerpts from Journolist members @:<br />-Did Jonathan Stein reveal the Journolist "conspiracy"?-<br />http://tinyurl.com/2cb6b2q<br /><br />Drum roll please:<br />Aug 16, 2010 ... A new poll in the United States has shown that three-quarters of Americans do not trust the country's newspapers and television news. ...<br />http://tinyurl.com/27qarzcMaxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72729737120641747662010-08-17T23:17:05.280-04:002010-08-17T23:17:05.280-04:00To the 5.43:
I share Andrew Sullivan's critiq...To the 5.43:<br /><br />I share Andrew Sullivan's critique of Journo-list. That said, I'm unaware of any member of Journo-list making up facts, as Murphy repeatedly did. The general argument against Journo-list is that its existence promoted a groupthink that led to slanted coverage, not out and out lies.<br /><br />Also, I admit that I haven't followed the j-list controversy very closely, and so I was taken aback by this passage: "The very existence of Fox News, meanwhile, sends Journolisters into paroxysms of rage. When Howell Raines charged that the network had a conservative bias, the members of Journolist discussed whether the federal government should shut the channel down.”<br /><br />I'm aware that one member of J-list--a UCLA professor, not a journalist--posed a question of whether Fox News' license should be revoked. (His post, as far as I know, expressed no definitive opinion on the matter.) At least one reporter dismissed the idea, and that seems to have been it from the thread.<br /><br />Have you uncovered evidence of actual working journalists calling for Fox News' license to be pulled? That would be news indeed, and if so, I'm surprised your discovery hasn't gotten wider attention (although, again, it wouldn't be even remotely comparable to Murphy's pattern of simply making things up).kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72290458017659997982010-08-17T17:43:04.303-04:002010-08-17T17:43:04.303-04:00“I invite you to submit the dozen people who are b...“I invite you to submit the dozen people who are better examples of journalistic malpractice than Murphy.”<br />---<br />Surely you jest! I could start with all the so-called journalists that are members of the scandalous list-serv ‘Journolist’, that suffer from the Sarah Palin and Fox News, Derangement Syndrome. The liberal journolistas even suggested the government censor Fox News. <br /><br />Exerpt:<br />"The very existence of Fox News, meanwhile, sends Journolisters into paroxysms of rage. When Howell Raines charged that the network had a conservative bias, the members of Journolist discussed whether the federal government should shut the channel down.”<br />Read more:http://tinyurl.com/2786eot<br /><br />I could move right on to the NYT scribblers that have become an embarrassment even to liberals. Oh, and I must not forget Helen Thomas and Dan Rather. Do you really want just 12 names? There is a very good reason the liberal media is dying, they sold what little remained of their journalistic integrity for one election. The sorry lot won the battle, but are losing the war, in my opinion.Maxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66256985379006272432010-08-17T11:10:05.367-04:002010-08-17T11:10:05.367-04:00To the 8.15:
I invite you to submit the dozen peo...To the 8.15:<br /><br />I invite you to submit the dozen people who are better examples of journalistic malpractice than Murphy.<br /><br />To L.B.:<br /><br />The wording was "the era of Glenn Beck," which strikes me as both a reasonable and a content-neutral statement of the current cable news environment, given that Beck is now the biggest name in cable news (the "era of Anderson Cooper" wouldn't really have been an accurate statement about current cable news) and given that Beck's program is more entertainment than news.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5065800154141781192010-08-17T09:26:34.920-04:002010-08-17T09:26:34.920-04:00There certainly are opinion shows on Fox News. Th...There certainly are opinion shows on Fox News. They seem to label them more often correctly, something I don't see done as well on CNN and especially MSNBC. I would take the opinion of Glenn Beck more often than I would Anderson Cooper or especially Keith Olbermann. I try to balance what I hear on Cable News to the degree I have time, and I have seen Ms. Murphy spouting her drivel on all the networks at one time or another. "Flair and Imbalanced" is her motto.skwillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216150339054413310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12202863697040459332010-08-17T08:15:23.060-04:002010-08-17T08:15:23.060-04:00Radley Balko ‘The Agitator’ is known for his liber...Radley Balko ‘The Agitator’ is known for his libertarian viewpoints, much like Ron Paul. I find it humorous that you have chosen his opinion of Murphy to make a point. I could put a dozen people ahead of Murphy in the discussion of media malpractice by journalists. It seems to me, Balko is a paid opinion person just like Murphy, and the others. I pay little attention to the chattering class, but their discussions alert me to research several news outlets, and reach my own opinion.Maxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71494430651078127542010-08-17T08:07:07.191-04:002010-08-17T08:07:07.191-04:00And Glen Beck had what to do with it, exactly?And Glen Beck had what to do with it, exactly?Locomotive Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501722094860082283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48096539481938910942010-08-16T21:57:58.061-04:002010-08-16T21:57:58.061-04:00To L.B.:
The post was a response to the Balko pos...To L.B.:<br /><br />The post was a response to the Balko post, which discussed his appearing with Murphy on a Fox program (even after the documentation of all of her lies on the lacrosse case), hence the mention of Fox.<br /><br />Any network that broadcasts Murphy deserves the same level of condemnation.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65030078438966840492010-08-16T13:14:03.822-04:002010-08-16T13:14:03.822-04:00Someone seems to have forgotten all too quickly ab...Someone seems to have forgotten all too quickly about Nancy Grace and CNN on which program appeared Wendy Murphy, repeatedly.<br /><br />http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/10/ng.01.html<br /><br />Grace was on long before Beck. That you would choose to zero in on Beck and Fox speaks volumes about what is fashionable to talk about in the faculty lounge.<br /><br />I watch neither.Locomotive Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501722094860082283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88514946188170008062010-08-16T10:37:48.078-04:002010-08-16T10:37:48.078-04:00K.C. simply referred to Glenn Beck to indicate tha...K.C. simply referred to Glenn Beck to indicate that he is not naive enough to believe that the cable news business is anything but the sale of a product that certain people are predisposed to buy. Glenn Beck and his programming speaks to a certain group, and he has been extremely successful and visible in doing so - perhaps the most successful and most visible and therefore an illustration that is simple to understand for most folks. <br /><br />What he also seems to be saying is that Wendy Murphy is a different case. She is not merely trying to sell a viewpoint, but trying to do it by affirmatively lying about basic facts. Thus, he is using Glenn Beck as a point of contrast, not comparison.<br /><br />For what it's worth, I'm not a big fan of modern cable news either, but I agree that Murphy is not just selling a viewpoint, but is fraudulently selling a viewpoint - something that Beck, Olbermann etc.are not doing, or at least not doing with the consistent premeditation that Murphy is doing.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020715588545395128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27559294129693427652010-08-16T08:55:55.637-04:002010-08-16T08:55:55.637-04:00“Anyone who watches television as a source for &qu...“Anyone who watches television as a source for "news" or information is surely in peril.”<br />---<br />So, television news is a waste of time. We also know for sure the print ‘Journolist’ media is a farce. Where will I find unbiased news reporting? I don’t want to face the November elections without reliable political information, now do I? Just think what could happen! [Shudder]Maxwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45922810459330368932010-08-15T20:59:57.355-04:002010-08-15T20:59:57.355-04:00I, too, am not sure what Glenn Beck has to do with...I, too, am not sure what Glenn Beck has to do with Wendy Murphy. Did she appear on his show? Did he quote her? Has he made demonstrably false statements of fact about recent news items? I do know he doesn't have a news show. What you have done in this post is to try to demean Beck with innuendo which is beneath you, Dr. Johnson. I have enjoyed this blog and still visit it precisely because you stick to facts and (usually) eschew stereotypes and political correctness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com