A story Behind The Story
NealeNews posted this article from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix and I thought some analysis was warranted.
Canadians see Bush, bin Laden as national security threats
poll
Wow, that's some headline - generally refered to as "graffiti journalism". "Graffiti journalism" is where the author hopes the headline will get the attention instead of the content of the article.
Chris Wattie
CanWest News Service, June 13, 2005
Look, the reporter is with a real news service. The headline must be accurate.
TORONTO -- Canadians believe U.S. President George W. Bush is almost as great a threat to our national security as Osama bin Laden, according to a government opinion poll obtained by the National Post.
"Graffiti Journalism" again... The first paragraph of the article has to support the headline. It's sad but that's all most people read.
The 1,500 people contacted for the poll, conducted last February for the Department of National Defence, listed "International Organized Crime" as the top danger, with 38 per cent ranking it as a great threat to security concern and another 50 per cent listing it as moderate.
I would look at the above paragraph as actually being accurate. The UN is an international organization that's threatening our security. How about those Libranos? They operate internationally. Power Corp. and Maurice Strong? Yup, they're international as well. I don't think our intrepid reporter was considering those organizations though.
But tied for second in the poll were "U.S. Foreign Policy" and "Terrorism," with 37 per cent rating it a great risk. Just behind those worries came "Climate Change and Global Warming."
"U.S. Foreign Policy"??? I thought it was bush! It would seem that the reporter doesn't understand that it was 8 years of Clinton / Liberal policy that led up to the current mess that was left for Bush to clean up.
That's as far as I'm going to go. Keeping such biased and inaccurate news stories on my screen for too long makes the computer feel all "icky". SDA has some very short comments as well.
Canadians see Bush, bin Laden as national security threats
poll
Wow, that's some headline - generally refered to as "graffiti journalism". "Graffiti journalism" is where the author hopes the headline will get the attention instead of the content of the article.
Chris Wattie
CanWest News Service, June 13, 2005
Look, the reporter is with a real news service. The headline must be accurate.
TORONTO -- Canadians believe U.S. President George W. Bush is almost as great a threat to our national security as Osama bin Laden, according to a government opinion poll obtained by the National Post.
"Graffiti Journalism" again... The first paragraph of the article has to support the headline. It's sad but that's all most people read.
The 1,500 people contacted for the poll, conducted last February for the Department of National Defence, listed "International Organized Crime" as the top danger, with 38 per cent ranking it as a great threat to security concern and another 50 per cent listing it as moderate.
I would look at the above paragraph as actually being accurate. The UN is an international organization that's threatening our security. How about those Libranos? They operate internationally. Power Corp. and Maurice Strong? Yup, they're international as well. I don't think our intrepid reporter was considering those organizations though.
But tied for second in the poll were "U.S. Foreign Policy" and "Terrorism," with 37 per cent rating it a great risk. Just behind those worries came "Climate Change and Global Warming."
"U.S. Foreign Policy"??? I thought it was bush! It would seem that the reporter doesn't understand that it was 8 years of Clinton / Liberal policy that led up to the current mess that was left for Bush to clean up.
That's as far as I'm going to go. Keeping such biased and inaccurate news stories on my screen for too long makes the computer feel all "icky". SDA has some very short comments as well.
posted by Richard at 08:12
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