[eastbay]

Can't forget this one either for an unbiased report from a typical and (soon to be) mainstream Latin American perspective.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'j')ournalism isn't about attacking or defending, it's about reporting. You do have columns in papers that might be more offensive on American policy but in general journalists should and do refrain from judgement. Ofcourse in some backward countries objective reporting and opinion are more and more the same.

[virgincrude]

Thanks Threadbear for a good, clear post!

Spot on.

Now, let's see, where are the journalistic values Bas states as a prerequisite for reporting, in the current hullaballoo over Barak Obama being a 'closet' Muslim .....? (hint: it's all based on lies, however, it will damage his chances sufficiently and ensure the pre-selected candidate Clinton makes it to the finish line.) After all, this is the WaPo stirring up non--existent dirt.


"Greg Sargent, who notes that the Post reporter who wrote the article (Perry Bacon) admitted afterwards, in a statement, that the accusations he passed on against Obama are false, explained the obvious:
[T]he problem here is that WaPo, and not just Obama, should have "denied the accuracy" of the Obama-is-a-Muslim nonsense. The Obama Muslim smear is based on lies, not "rumors." Bacon in his statement above calls the Obama Muslim smears "falsehoods." But they aren't identified as such in the piece. That's what everyone is yelling about."