So, did the Tribune print the ignoramus statement from "CB" to generate "conversation" or did they actually believe what this very ill-informed individual said?
The question posed on Sunday, July 6:
Do candidates military service influence your vote?
The answer from CB:
"No, with no military experience, the extremely young John F Kennedy got us to the moon".
Today's editorial section was abuzz with the details of JFK's military experience and heroism. It was also pointed out that JFK issued the challenge to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
The editor had this to say in today's Tribune:
"Of course, Kennedy was a WWII hero as a PT boat skipper, and he was assassinated almost six years before the moon landing (though he did issue the challenge to the nation to put a man on the moon). Below are a sampling of the letters to the editor excoriating C.B.'s comment and our choice to print it in the paper".
I never did read why the Tribune chose to print this in the paper, which makes me think somebody at the Tribune is as screwed up as CB and it's CYA time.
Pathetic.
The question posed on Sunday, July 6:
Do candidates military service influence your vote?
The answer from CB:
"No, with no military experience, the extremely young John F Kennedy got us to the moon".
Today's editorial section was abuzz with the details of JFK's military experience and heroism. It was also pointed out that JFK issued the challenge to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
The editor had this to say in today's Tribune:
"Of course, Kennedy was a WWII hero as a PT boat skipper, and he was assassinated almost six years before the moon landing (though he did issue the challenge to the nation to put a man on the moon). Below are a sampling of the letters to the editor excoriating C.B.'s comment and our choice to print it in the paper".
I never did read why the Tribune chose to print this in the paper, which makes me think somebody at the Tribune is as screwed up as CB and it's CYA time.
Pathetic.
6 comments:
Pathetic describes the Tribune better than anything else.
A true professional media outlet run by top notch reporters with management above reproach.
Pravda has better reporting than the Great Falls Tribune
Pot calling the kettle black. The Tribune slanders, incorrectly or selectively reports, slants stories and inserts editorial-level innuendo and opinion in many stories about individuals and issues.
If you derive your news from the Tribune and believe the information they present and its accuracy, then I'm not surprised by overall response level of the public
I cannot decide whether the Tribune's forays into the online world are just clumsy, or if they are deliberately trying to marginalize it.
First of all, they print opinions from their website all the time. Occasionally they seem to select the most inflammatory, least informed opinions available. Do they do this to make their website users look stupid?
Then this thing with Kennedy's military service.
I swear, if you were an older person who really didn't 'get' the internet/blogosphere, you'd read the excerpts that the Tribune publishes and think "why bother with that bunch of loons?"
Geeguy;
I think you hit the nail right on the head there. NO ONE with the least amount of sensitivity to history is ignorant of Kennedy's WWII service; there was even a popular movie about it.
Does anyone out there believe that the Tribune's educated reporters, editors and publisher are unaware of something so well known? Of course not.
Leaving inflammatory and uninformed comments within the Trib forum is an entertaining pastime. Not like its good for anything else.
Plenty of gullible legs to pull.
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