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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: Lane3 who wrote (5123)3/5/2003 11:54:36 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 7720
 
Now that we have the full story, or at least more of it, we can judge the accuracy of the news reports.

Any protest that the press aren't really liberal will stumble on these stories. Neither news source mentioned at all that the guys were confronting and provoking other patrons. If the media were truly conservative, the report would have been more along the lines of "Anti-war zealots arrested for disturbing the peace," and the lead would have read something like: "A father-son team of anti-war zealots were arrested today for trespass and disturbing the peace. The pair, who purchased and donned custom-made T-shirts with anti-American slogans were accosting shoppers and disbubing mall patrons. When asked to stop harassing customers or leave the premises, the father refused, and was arrested." They would not have quoted the ACLU, but would more likely have quoted an "expert" who would say something like "the right to peaceful protest must be protected, but the anti-war minorities must understand that they are not permitted to break the law to try to get their point across."

That would be more conservative approach to the story. But the news outlets that you quoted didn't so much as mention the accosting and disturbances the two were actually committing, but made it seem as though they were arrested for merely strolling around the mall wearing their T-shirts. So much for claiming a non-liberal media, at least in this case.
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