{"id":25,"date":"2008-06-19T12:09:40","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T19:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2009-03-15T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T22:34:00","slug":"a-message-to-journalists-study-your-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/gun-control\/a-message-to-journalists-study-your-code\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message to Journalists – Study Your Code!"},"content":{"rendered":"

News reporting of late has become so skewed and twisted, it leaves one to wonder what really drives the opinions of these so-called “unbiased reporters”. My thoughts? News is money, controversy is cash, and after years of opposing major public opinion for years in order to ‘stir the pot’, our country’s news agencies have developed a belief system that, generally speaking, finds our country and it’s freedoms abhorrent. It’s shameful, disgusting, and appalling. We must speak up about this blatant disregard for truth in reporting \u2013 the breaking of a code which as I understand it is a journalists 1st Commandment – and call them to remember what they represent and act accordingly, or leave. Dan Rather, anyone? <\/p>\n

Check out these two media clips below, both issued about the same time. The first is reported by Fox News in Utah, the second by KSL. How different are the tones of the reporter. The first report, while not a slam dunk for gun rights advocates, is moderate and factual in the reporting, not tilting to one side or the other. However, the second video is hard to defend as unbiased in ANY dimension. Check them out, and make a decision for yourself. And next time you turn on the news, remember to turn on your brain, as well. Oh, and shame on you Nadine Wimmer<\/span>. Your bias is evident. You’re an insult to America, and an insult to Utah.<\/p>\n

FOX Clip:
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KSL Clip:
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PLEASE CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE KSL CLIP ON THE YOUTUBE SITE WITH ANNOTATIONS<\/a>. This will shed more light on just how biased this clip really is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News reporting of late has become so skewed and twisted, it leaves one to wonder what really drives the opinions of these so-called “unbiased reporters”. My thoughts? News is money, controversy is cash, and after years of opposing major public opinion for years in order to ‘stir the pot’, our country’s news agencies have developed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,4,6,18,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rikba.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}