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Post-Mortem on the Draft Scare
Posted by Bill Dave Koppel picks apart the media's handling of the draft story in the Rocky Mountain News: Some people are so gullible that they believe the get-rich-quick e-mail that purportedly comes from relatives of deposed African dictators. Other people are so gullible that they've fallen for an e-mail hoax claiming that the military draft will be reinstated next spring. The media don't run stories that treat the African scam letters as possibly true, but the media have, unfortunately, not always been so accurate about the draft hoax. And points to the only candidate that's made a proposal centered around any type of compulsory service: And when doing stories about young people who are worried about being forced into government service, the Denver and national media should have pointed out that John Kerry is the only candidate who has proposed such coercion. As detailed in Kerry's proposal "100 Days to Change America," Kerry's "plan will require mandatory national service for high school kids . . . As president, John Kerry will ensure that every high school student in America does community service as a requirement for graduation." The plan appeared on Kerry's Web site at www.johnkerry. com/issues/100days/. Like many other pages on Kerry's Web site, this one has disappeared without explanation, but you can still find the page by entering the original URL into the "search" box at www.archive.org. He also makes a nice citation of Beldar and INDC Journal, actually providing text links to both blogs, which is a step above the protocol of any other daily newspapers' web sites. I still can't figure out why newspapers won't hot link the stories or blogs that they reference; it seems like a waste of the medium. Posted by Bill at October 9, 2004 11:20 PM | TrackBack (7) CommentsThey won't link to other sites for two reasons: o One, their back-end systems are probably still focused on getting a printed paper out the door. There's probably no support for carrying links along with the text. o Two, many businesses have a phobia of linking to other sites. It comes from a fear of "leading people away from our site", and thus "loosing" readers and from a fear of linking to something someone objects to strongly enough to hold them responsible. Posted by: Robert Crawford at October 9, 2004 11:58 PM Under what possible rationale could Kerry determine that it is within the govt.'s pervue to force anyone to donate their time to perform charitable actions?! For a party that appears to come up with 10 stupid ideas every day before breakfast, that's the stupidest yet. These are the people who believe the Patriot Act is decimating their civil rights? Hell, they do quite well enough on their own. Posted by: bkayel at October 10, 2004 01:26 AM I think liberals overall believe in forced charity. Their tax policies tend to support this, and Kerry's own suggestion supports it. They seem to think the government should be the collector of charity and the dispurser of the goods. I think Kopel points out clearly that no legitimate news organization covers other email hoaxes/scares as being true, but for some reason this one is covered that way. The better story would have been to cover the hoax aspect-not buy into the scare. Posted by: Just Me at October 10, 2004 09:06 AM I think liberals overall believe in forced charity. Their tax policies tend to support this, and Kerry's own suggestion supports it. Bingo. The modern term "liberal" is just a euphemism for "socialist." The original meaning of the word liberal has nothing to do with the modern political meaning of the word. Many modern conservatives are classical liberals. Posted by: Joe R. the Unabrewer at October 10, 2004 09:40 AM "I think liberals overall believe in forced charity. Their tax policies tend to support this, and Kerry's own suggestion supports it." As does Hilary's. You have only to recall her remark a few weeks back about taking more of the taxpayers' money 'for their own good.' Posted by: Retread at October 10, 2004 10:24 AM Besides, Kerry is on record as supporting the draft! Why does no one ever call him on this? Posted by: Deus ex Macrame at October 10, 2004 12:33 PM So is disingenuously accusing your opponent (during time of war, no less) of wanting to reinstate the draft in order to scare young voters "unpatriotic?" If not, then what possibly COULD constitute an unpatriotic act? Posted by: TallDave at October 10, 2004 10:46 PM 6440 http://harley-parts.owns1.com harley parts Posted by: motorcycle parts at October 24, 2004 03:08 AM 3525 http://www.totallyfreecreditreport.org Posted by: free credit report at October 24, 2004 11:04 AM 2768 http://texas-holdem.ownsthis.com texas holdem Posted by: texas holdem at October 25, 2004 01:51 AM 7562 http://www.slots-big.com slots Posted by: slots at October 25, 2004 11:20 AM 4760 http://www.online-casino-one.com Posted by: online casino at October 25, 2004 08:52 PM |
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