Philly Inquirer Misrepresents LGF
Charles Johnson
Sun Mar 13, 2005 at 8:03 am PST • Views: 273
This morning the Philadelphia Inquirer lifts a few comments from LGF readers about the Giuliana Sgrena fiasco and republishes them, without mentioning that they are reader comments and not necessarily the viewpoint of LGF: Verbatim. (Hat tip: Environmental Republican.)
It’s a dishonest smear tactic used frequently by idiot lefty bloggers, and now mainstream media is getting into the act—and to do it, they must ignore the following disclaimer at the top of every page of comments:
Comments are open and unmoderated, although obscene or abusive remarks may be deleted. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Little Green Footballs.
The Inquirer has discussion boards too, and I’m sure it wouldn’t take them long to scream “misrepresentation!” if someone lifted angry comments from a few random readers and portrayed them as representing the Inquirer’s editorial viewpoint. And will the Inquirer now do the same thing at Daily Kos, pick through their comments and publish them as representing the views of Markos Moulitsas Zuniga? As far as I can tell with a search, LGF is the only blog that has ever been given this treatment.
You can send a letter to the Inquirer’s editor here if you’d like to make your opinion known about what seems to be another attempt by mainstream media to smear the right side of the blogosphere.
Frank says: