Aug 17
You Kids Play Nice When Company’s Over!
It was only a couple of people who cheered and they, thankfully, are not among the people who get a say in news play. But obviously news staff shouldn’t be cheering or jeering the day’s news, particularly as Boardman points out, ‘when we have an outside guest in the room.’
They are, however, dispassionate professionals who wouldn’t dream of letting their non-existent bias creep into their work. Or so they are constantly assuring us. Fortunately it seems to be quite rare.
Joe Scarborough has pulled back the curtain on the liberal bias at MSNBC, describing an incident in which people in its newsroom ceaselessly booed President Bush during a State of the Union address.
Maybe not that rare. I remember vividly a female CBC regional anchor bursting into delighted laughter when the NDP did much better than expected in a provincial election.
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
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