Open letter to the mainstream media
By Ben Shapiro
"Dear mainstream media,
I understand why you report as you do in both the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and the larger war on terror. You believe journalism requires a sort of elegant moral relativism, that telling 'both sides of the story' is a necessary prerequisite to 'objective' journalism. You don't believe that there can be an objective right or wrong; if you were reporting World War II today, you'd feel obligated to speak to front-line Japanese and Nazi soldiers and discuss the Allies' disproportionate response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Poland."
Ben lists seven lessons MSM could learn. I, Heavyhanded, have a particular fondness for lesson #6:
Read it here.
"Dear mainstream media,
I understand why you report as you do in both the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and the larger war on terror. You believe journalism requires a sort of elegant moral relativism, that telling 'both sides of the story' is a necessary prerequisite to 'objective' journalism. You don't believe that there can be an objective right or wrong; if you were reporting World War II today, you'd feel obligated to speak to front-line Japanese and Nazi soldiers and discuss the Allies' disproportionate response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Poland."
Ben lists seven lessons MSM could learn. I, Heavyhanded, have a particular fondness for lesson #6:
Lesson #6: War is not about proportionality. Knitting is about proportionality. War is about winning.
Read it here.
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11:28 PM
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