Media - Double Standards

Going to see comedian Joe Rogan at a club in Philly tonight. This will be short so I can get work done.

First, a NY Times reporter was held hostage in Afghanistan, secretly, for 7 months. Here. The NY Times withheld the story in the interest of the reporter's safety. I wonder if the NY Times is so thoughtful when the hostage isn't a member of its family.

The Washington Post has had a feature called Mouthpiece Theater. I'll admit I didn't watch it, and I'm not sure what it was all about. But from reports I'd guess it was supposed to be edgy commentary. Which apparently worked fine until one segment suggested Hillary Clinton would be served Mad Bitch beer. That was apparently enough to get the entire thing yanked. Now, I hate people who cry First Amendment when referring to businesses or individuals. The good old First bars government from passing laws restricting speech and says nothing about business. But this is slightly asinine

Its noted that, first off, the Post, and papers in general, are in business to irritate, secondly, while the publisher blamed the poor state of internet watchdogs at the paper it has been online for 14 years and has been CUTTING copy editors and that it regularly includes and allows offending pieces. A sampling of those pieces ... Readers complained to Ombudsman Deborah Howell about this dig at the late Jerry Falwell by Berkeley Breathed and this "Mother Goose and Grimm" jab at Jews. When Tom Toles drew a hospital bed attended by a "Dr. Rumsfeld" to make a point about the state of the U.S. military, livid vets and the Pentagon brass gave Howell an earful.