AJC/local media (Tucker, Decatur, Montgomery: layoffs, price, move)

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by JPD

It's well documented that "the liberal media" failed to do their duty as journalists by asking tough questions prior to the Iraq war.

Nieman Watchdog > Commentary > Missing before the war: Journalism 101 questions

What does that have to do with the other poster wrote about? Also anyone can point to examples of how the media fails us on a daily basis regardless of what their polictical idealogy is.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

What does that have to do with the other poster wrote about? Also anyone can point to examples of how the media fails us on a daily basis regardless of what their polictical idealogy is.

This is a media thread, and the media is often referred to as "the liberal media", thus my response to YOU (I assume you know I was responding to you and not to a previous poster) was entirely appropriate AND answers YOUR question with precision.

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by JPD

This is a media thread, and the media is often referred to as "the liberal media", thus my response to YOU (I assume you know I was responding to you and not to a previous poster) was entirely appropriate AND answers YOUR question with precision.

Precision huh, so where did I miss in your post about the "tolerance and inclusiveness" of the liberals in regards to Republicans/Conservatives or ANYONE with an opposing view?? Especially when it comes to President Bush or Vice-President Cheney. Somehow the "liberal media" failing to report things in the early part of the Iraq war somehow answers this?

[JPD]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

Precision huh, so where did I miss in your post about the "tolerance and inclusiveness" of the liberals in regards to Republicans/Conservatives or ANYONE with an opposing view?? Especially when it comes to President Bush or Vice-President Cheney. Somehow the "liberal media" failing to report things in the early part of the Iraq war somehow answers this?

You must not have been paying attention to the media's reporting during the pre-war months.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

So please explain the last 8 years and all the respect and understanding that Liberals gave to President Bush. Better yet how about Vice President Cheney!

With all due respect, either GWB nor Cheney are well-known for their willingness to listen to viewpoints or opinions not similar to their own.

There are many well-respected conservatives. I have a high level of respect for Newt Gingrich, for example. Always have. But the two you cite? They *deserve* much of the hostility they receive because of their general attitudes, IMO.

I'm speaking as one who grew up with (and until recently tended to vote for) the Republican party, FWIW. I used to vote Republican quite often, something not quite as popular in the Twin Cities as it is here in Atlanta. I voted for Reagan. I voted for the first Bush. And yet it was mainly GWB, Cheney, and their combination "elitist" and "anti-intellectual" attitudes which drove me away from the GOP...

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

With all due respect, either GWB nor Cheney are well-known for their willingness to listen to viewpoints or opinions not similar to their own.

There are many well-respected conservatives. I have a high level of respect for Newt Gingrich, for example. Always have. But the two you cite? They *deserve* much of the hostility they receive because of their general attitudes, IMO.

I'm speaking as one who grew up with (and until recently tended to vote for) the Republican party, FWIW. I used to vote Republican quite often, something not quite as popular in the Twin Cities as it is here in Atlanta. I voted for Reagan. I voted for the first Bush. And yet it was mainly GWB, Cheney, and their combination "elitist" and "anti-intellectual" attitudes which drove me away from the GOP...

Fair enough but not ONE person has responded to the other posters ridiculous assertion that liberals are tolerate and inclusive. I find that to be laughable! Anyone ever heard of the "fairness" doctrine that liberals are pushing for that censor talk radio yet have NO impact on TV or the newspapers?? Even former President Clinton jumped on that band wagon recently. That is nothing but an organized effort on the part of liberals to shut down conversative talk radio. So much for tolerate and inclusive! LOL

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

Fair enough but not ONE person has responded to the other posters ridiculous assertion that liberals are tolerate and inclusive.

The media pundits on either side of the political spectrum tend to not be very tolerant or inclusive, but face it: it's their job to stir the pot and get a reaction from people, not hold hands with the opposition.

What precisely do you mean by "liberal"?

I'm a lot more liberal in some ways than a lot of Georgians are, I suspect. Many folks here might well label me "liberal", and I think the label actually fits me well in a number of contexts.

Does that automatically make me intolerant?

If not, then why would liberal media wanks be otherwise? Could it be a function of their position in the media, do you think?

[DeaconJ]

The main thing that liberals can't tolerate is intolerance...not quite the same thing as actually being intolerant.

[RainyRainyDay]

Originally Posted by suprascooby22

Fair enough but not ONE person has responded to the other posters ridiculous assertion that liberals are tolerate and inclusive. I find that to be laughable! Anyone ever heard of the "fairness" doctrine that liberals are pushing for that censor talk radio yet have NO impact on TV or the newspapers?? Even former President Clinton jumped on that band wagon recently. That is nothing but an organized effort on the part of liberals to shut down conversative talk radio. So much for tolerate and inclusive! LOL

OK, scooby, I believe I'm the "other poster" whom you accuse of making the "ridiculous assertion." Except I didn't assert what you say I did. Either you're trying to make a straw man argument here, or you didn't read what I wrote carefully enough to understand it.

Let's start with a little background, i.e. the post I was replying to:

Originally Posted by JPD

Bob Barr is also a regular contributor to the AJC editorial page, so let's get the tally:

"Liberal": Bookman, Tucker, Lukovich, Sarvady

"Conservative": Wooten, Feldhahn, Barr

That's a very fair representation of the political veiwpoints of the metro area, perhaps even overly generous to the so-called conservatives. Remember, it's the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, not the Georgia Journal-Constitution. So why all the whining from right wingers?

So I wrote:

Originally Posted by RainyRainyDay

Here's a possible answer. Tolerance and inclusiveness are liberal values. We are respectful of ambiguity and doubt, and generally believe we should strive to understand and see the good in the opposing point of view, even though we often fall short of this ideal.

In the view of many conservatives, everything described in the previous paragraph is not a virtue but a vice, and part and parcel of everything they believe is just plain Wrong with liberal thinking. The fact that liberals are willing to entertain conservative ideas to some extent they just take as proof that Truth is on their side. But they are completely hostile to liberal views because they are Right and liberal views are completely Wrong. In this way of thinking, any compromise is surrender, and just plain Wrong.

A liberal thinks the AJC is doing the right thing and trying to be fair by printing both Jay Bookman and Jim Wooten. A conservative thinks that naturally there's some house room given to Jim et al. because nobody could be so stupid as to completely believe in only liberal thinking. However, the presence of any liberal thinking at all means that the AJC is unacceptably in the wrong camp.

JPD's and my posts were related to the original topic of the thread and were specifically about how different groups of people evaluate the AJC. Notice that I wrote that liberals value tolerance and inclusiveness. Nowhere did I claim that liberals invariably exhibit these values in their behavior. In fact, I think I was quite careful to be clear that I was not making any such silly claim.

It's interesting that you've chosen to respond by pointing out that liberals don't always practice tolerance and inclusiveness. Even though some might wish to debate your examples, your main point is hardly news to anyone. People are flawed. No argument there. However, your comments seem to imply that you yourself value tolerance and inclusiveness. This is interesting because as I wrote in my post that originally bothered you, strong conservatives appear to me to not share those values. They're more likely to disdain them as "political correctness".

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

The main thing that liberals can't tolerate is intolerance...not quite the same thing as actually being intolerant.

Deacon's comment is admirably succinct and states something that I think most people know. So getting back to the AJC, conservatives don't like it because it attempts to include both liberal and conservative voices, and liberals get annoyed by this intolerance.

[coolyfett]

Originally Posted by johnatl

So you really want us to loose our major daily because you thought there were too many ads?

Seems pretty petty. Not to mention the hundreds of people that still work there.

Honestly John that is one of my biggest concerns, How many employees does the AJC have? What would happen to the office building downtown?