Comments on: WaPo embarrasses itself http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/02/wapo-embarrasses-itself/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/02/wapo-embarrasses-itself/#comment-129235 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:09:33 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/02/wapo-embarrasses-itself/#comment-129235 I think you might call this, in a very simplistic sense, an "appearance of impropriety". However, it really doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, and yes I suspect it reveals a rather blatant bias. Of course, newspapers were never intended to be "fair & balanced" - one should always read the paper with a skeptical eye. Stuff read on the Internet, however, should be accepted as gospel truth. Uncritically :-) ~EdT. I think you might call this, in a very simplistic sense, an “appearance of impropriety”. However, it really doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny, and yes I suspect it reveals a rather blatant bias. Of course, newspapers were never intended to be “fair & balanced” - one should always read the paper with a skeptical eye.

Stuff read on the Internet, however, should be accepted as gospel truth. Uncritically :-)

~EdT.

]]> by: John http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/02/wapo-embarrasses-itself/#comment-129129 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:32:15 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/02/wapo-embarrasses-itself/#comment-129129 Well, "Affluent person with good credit gets better-than-average mortgage" isn't quite the saucy headline gets people to your web site! Well, “Affluent person with good credit gets better-than-average mortgage” isn’t quite the saucy headline gets people to your web site!

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