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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (43034)5/9/2004 12:01:52 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793817
 
<<First, he says, the book, even before publication was:

rumored to be more critical of the Bush administration - and therefore important - than Woodward's previous reporting.

Why is it that only negative reporting is by definition important reporting?
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First of all, the paraphrase is skewed. It takes an agenda to get from more-critical-is-more-important to only-negative-is-important.

Secondly, like, duh. A puff piece is not important. Reporting that includes negatives as well as positives has more credibility, thus more value.

Talk about glass houses...
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