Yellow Stinkers for 14 November 2005

A collection of Headlines That Smack of Yellow Journalism
COMMENTARY
It's a sad day when America's mainstream press wears its subjectivity so blatantly that even the headlines stray from news to become agenda. Yellow journalism, isn't anything new. The problem is the same as it was in the late 19th century: fierce competition drives the press to publish the most sensational stories. But when you have so many news choices to select from, why choose a news source that stinks of negativity and screams of bias? I think I'll make this an ongoing feature. For the Yellow Stinkers, I'll present for your amusement the latest stink-bombs from the mainstream media.

STINKBOMB
Bush Escalates Bitter Iraq War Debate also as Bush slams Iraq war critics on way to Asia
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) - President Bush escalated the bitter debate over the Iraq war on Monday, hurling back at Democratic critics the worries they once expressed that Saddam Hussein was a grave threat to the world. "They spoke the truth then and they're speaking politics now,"
COMMENTARY
Why couldn't AP just report that the President is trying to explain to critics the causes of the war (yet again). No ... that would be objective reporting. The headline is subjective and shows that the press is taking sides on this issue.

STINKBOMB
Rice haggles to reach Gaza deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice bargained with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators into the early hours on Tuesday, postponing a trip to Asia as a deal seemed near on Gaza border crossings
COMMENTARY
Er, that's not a pretty image at all. I guess we are to imagine both a "hag" and gruff bargaining when we think of the Secretary of State in negotiations.

STINKBOMB
Libby May Have Tried to Mask Cheney's Role
(Washington Post) In the opening days of the CIA leak investigation in early October 2003, FBI agents working the case already had in their possession a wealth of valuable evidence. There were White House phone and visitor logs, which clearly documented the administration's contacts with reporters.
COMMENTARY
In this story, the Post toasters are on their usual conjecture trail -- making assumptions they think are true based on facts that no one knows. Can anyone say little "Rathergate?"

And "that's the way it is."

Tension: Yellow
Gravity: Line the bird cage

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