[quote name='mykevermin']Just for the record, bmulligan, you have frequently made mention of media bias that is apparent in the kind of things they say (or don't say). You, I believe, at one point made remark to how subtle is was, that the average dolt (who was, at the time, myself according to you) couldn't identify how labeling and agency, use of passive sentences etc. help construct a story that, when analyzed properly, clearly exposes the liberal bias of the media.
Now, having said that, I've been trying for roughly 4 weeks to read the MRC site "newsbusters." If you want to discredit the mainstream media for their implicit and subtle approached to brainwashing the masses into socialism, the least you could do is not cite the MRC as a trustworthy and valuable research. Olbermann managed to imply, quip, and mock the Bush administration in the first four paragraphs of this piece you cite - all subjectively decided by the MRC reporter's perception of the event (and, if we label ourselves conservative and Olbermann and Dowd liberal, they can bring boxes of kittens and candy on the show, and we'd still hate everything that comes out of their mouth). In short, the MRC makes no attempt to disguise the fact that most of the newsitems on their site are completely subjectively interpretable crap, the kind of stuff that reactionaries get their panties in a bunch about because somebody, anybody, anywhere, anytime, is criticizing this president, and that means the liberal MSM is at work doing their worst.[/quote]
I don't read MRC, it was just on the first page of my Google search. Biases aside from the article, The transcript of the interview speaks for itself. If you think Dowd is "intellectual", meaning a emotional reactionary zealot of her respective party, then I wold have to disagree, they are both equals. Coulter makes me ashamed to be associated with conservatives, and Down makes me want to vomit blood. But, I might pay to see that mud wrestle match...
And while Dowd clearly wears her ideology on her sleeve, she is far more intellectual than Coulter could ever dream to be. Coulter's approach is like Hamas, to recommend the complete and utter elimination of anything and everything that disagrees with her; unlike Hamas, she tries to hide behind a shroud of "hyperbole" when called out on statements such as "we should kill their [Muslim] leaders and convert them to christianity." (I paraphrased that, FWIW).
Don't be too sure about Dowd, I read her column and she's not above burning bridges, kicking ass, and taking names. She isn't a passive voice as you imply. She may not want to kill supreme court justices or radical muslims, but she'd take a crack shot at anyone in the Bush administration any day of the week.
