Which would explain why the Harperites are hell bent on destroying the CBC. No different from their American mentors in the Republican party, Harper conservatives and accurate information don't mix. They would prefer instead to pelt Canadian voters with reams of propaganda from this. They're counting on large numbers of Canadians to swallow whatever is put in front of them, not because it's accurate, but because it's on TV.
Michael Clemente, the senior vice-president of news editorial at Fox News, who has his finger in every news broadcast produced by Fox attempted to dismiss the University of Maryland study with this.
“The latest Princeton Review ranked the University of Maryland among the top schools for having ‘Students Who Study The Least’ and being the ‘Best Party School’ – given these fine academic distinctions, we’ll regard the study with the same level of veracity it was ‘researched’ with.”That might have been a solid rebuttal if it weren't for one thing: The Princeton Review didn't rank the University of Maryland that way at all.
The university ranked top as having "Students Who Study The Least" was the University of North Dakota, and the university ranked as the "Best Party School" was the University of Georgia. The University of Maryland was way down the list in both those categories, but it did receive top marks for "Best Athletic Facilities" and it continued to receive federal research funding from the National Institute of Health, NASA and the DHS.
So, Clemente, in keeping with the theme well-established by his very own Fox News, combated a report on high levels of misinformation originating in his office by providing even more misinformation. Some people would say he lied.
The problem is, in the US at least, is that it works.
U of Maryland 19th out 20 in the party list is equated to be "among the top schools for having ‘Students Who Study The Least’ and being the ‘Best Party School’"?
ReplyDeleteTrue slime.
The Murdoch noise machine follows the tried and true technique, of claiming others are biased liars with a hidden agenda, then using that claim to excuse themselves doing exactly the same thing.
ReplyDeleteKind of like we're starting to see with the Fords and their hordes in Toronto. It now seems it wasn't a problem that dissenters were allegedly shut out and shouted down in an anti-democratic way, it's just that it was the wrong people doing the anti-democratic shutting and shouting.
Meanwhile QMI continues to demand more CBC internal information, but doesn't seem to be publishing the same from its own files, probably citing business confidentiality. So they want business intelligence for free, so they can gain a business advantage with an uneven playing field.
Did we really need a study to tell us Fox news and other media are propaganda conduits?
ReplyDeleteToday`s media is controlled by who spends the money.
The people with the money are not looking to improve the world but looking for more money...
A vicious circle
This essay by Joe Bageant is very apropos and an excellent read.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga
http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2010/12/america-y-ur-peeps-b-so-dum.html#more
As far as CBC tv news is concerned, I'm afraid there is not very much left to destroy.
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