It has nothing to do with impressing anyone. I would take this up with you if we were sitting one-on-one, with nobody there but us. It isn't about showing off any mad 1337 skillz, but about rational discovery of the truth. I *DO* care about that, passionately. The issue may not matter as much as the truth within it, I will freely admit.
In this case, I really don't care for Fox News at all, prefering the BBC. So... The slam on O'Reilly is fair. Slamming FNN for even broadcasting O'Reilly is equally fair. My argument is about the difference between Fox News (the legitimate journalists) and the hacks the network employs, and why it is wrong to tar both together.
Since the core of your post seemed to me to slam both together (was I in error? If so, I'll retract), it wasn't a pedantic point, but the basis of your position.
I don't want yes-men for my friends, but instead keep people near that will tell me when I'm wrong. Did I misunderstand the meaning of your post? I've seen several all at the same time, so I may have been biased towards an incorrect view by what others have written.
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Date: 2006-10-04 04:12 pm (UTC)In this case, I really don't care for Fox News at all, prefering the BBC. So... The slam on O'Reilly is fair. Slamming FNN for even broadcasting O'Reilly is equally fair. My argument is about the difference between Fox News (the legitimate journalists) and the hacks the network employs, and why it is wrong to tar both together.
Since the core of your post seemed to me to slam both together (was I in error? If so, I'll retract), it wasn't a pedantic point, but the basis of your position.
I don't want yes-men for my friends, but instead keep people near that will tell me when I'm wrong. Did I misunderstand the meaning of your post? I've seen several all at the same time, so I may have been biased towards an incorrect view by what others have written.