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2005-10-14 Bangladesh

MP calls for mass beating of journalists

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Posted by Fred 2005-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hey, I'd support it if it meant that Dan Rather and Howell Raines could got beaten up for fabricating articles.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-10-14 00:27|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-10-14 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Now there's an idea. Round up all those Katrina reporters who fabricated information, or passed on lies without fact checking, during the hurricane's aftermath. Let the lashes begin.

Posted by GK 2005-10-14 00:50|| 2005-10-14 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 It would be an interesting addition to the Sunday Morning line-up: "Beat the Press!"
Personally,I think they should flog Maureen Dowd on the premiere show.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2005-10-14 07:04|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2005-10-14 07:04|| Front Page Top

#4 "Give them a mass beating if you find them publishing false and fabricated reports. If you fail, please inform me, I will take action against them,"

Actually, the real First Amendment right of free press was founded on the colonial Peter Zenger case which determined truth was a defense in what one published. Seems we've gotten lost in the preumbra interpretation of the Constitution to extend protection to lies and fabrications.

Posted by Angaimble Gravish2306 2005-10-14 07:10|| 2005-10-14 07:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree -- they deserve beatings when they make up reports. Got another one today:

ABC: College Nuke Labs Vulnerable to Multicultural Hotties!

Note the 'leet investigative skillz:

At one point, a reactor researcher asked the women what had drawn them to K-State. One of them, Cullens recalled, said her boyfriend lived in Kansas.

âWe asked where, and she sort of pointed off to the southwest and said, âOver there,â â he said. âWe figured there had to be something strange going on.â (via NEI Nuclear Notes)

We're not talking a new generation of Kolchaks. Ted Baxters, yeah, but not Kolchaks.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-10-14 07:14|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-10-14 07:14|| Front Page Top

#6 LOL Sgt. Mom!

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-14 07:37|| 2005-10-14 07:37|| Front Page Top

#7 "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

Posted by Glomolet Shaper7696 2005-10-14 18:53|| 2005-10-14 18:53|| Front Page Top

#8 "Give them a mass beating if you find them publishing false and fabricated reports."

Dont forget Mapes, Rather, Cronkite (even if he's dead...).

They are as bad as the old Bathists of Iraq. Going out and raping the truth for their own political agenda.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-10-14 19:03|| 2005-10-14 19:03|| Front Page Top

#9 "They are terrorists, toll collectors..."

Sheesh, tolls must be really high in Bangladesh.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-10-14 19:14|| 2005-10-14 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Can we stick Perky Katie *spit* near the top of the list?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-10-14 23:36|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-10-14 23:36|| Front Page Top

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