Saturday, July 30, 2005

MSM Hypocrisy

Here is an insightful post from Power Line about Hugh Hewitt's encounters with the MSM and his refusal to allow them to twist and distort the news to fit their objectives.

Hugh Hewitt Has a Great Idea

Hugh has a lot of them, actually. But this one is especially revealing. He is getting requests from lots of "mainstream" media sources for interviews, because he worked with John Roberts long ago, in the White House counsel's office. Hugh's answer: sure, but only if we do it live on my radio show, so the public can hear the whole thing, and compare it to the excerpts you put in your article. Brilliant. But, strangely enough, the reporters have all declined his offer. Hugh writes:

How interesting to note that the Post is willing to use sources that insist on anonymity, but not sources that demand transparency.

No comments:

Followers

Blog Archive