Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Caution! Liberal Media Ahead, v 1.1

The Volokh Conspiracy shows us yet another incident of the media warping the President's quotes. It's a misquote done for the sake of humor--the misquoter calls it 'bushisms'--but it is done to defame the reputation of others for the political purposes of the journalist. Says Eugene Volokh:

This isn't just misplaced humor -- it's plain bad journalism. Whether you're trying to be funny or serious, stripping a quote free of its context (context that most readers have no way of knowing), and trying to making the speaker look foolish when including the context would show that he's making perfect sense, is wrong.


Jeeze I just checked and it looks like the author of the misquote is selling books on 'bushisms'. It's not political, it's greed!

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