{"id":2174,"date":"2011-07-27T21:53:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T04:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2011-07-27T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T04:53:02","slug":"ir-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=2174","title":{"rendered":"IR Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post by Loki<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently the Helena Independent Record replaced their editor and did some \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcrestructuring\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. I had wondered if this was going to be a step backwards toward a more liberal bias. We may now have an indication.<\/p>\n

On July 18, 2011 a letter was published in the printed paper from a writer in Missoula. It was a missive of vile hate towards all conservative radio and TV talk shows hosts. It accused conservatives of being intolerant and not listening to other opinions. Interestingly though the letter was not published in their on-line edition to allow opposing comments. So it was a one-sided attack against conservatives. The obvious irony was missed by the IR.<\/p>\n

On the same day they published an opinion piece from the noted extreme liberal Paul Krugman. This was the second article from Krugman for the month. <\/p>\n

The IR began a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCivil Dialogue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 policy to tone down the rhetoric for comments. But they are not updating comments very often making real discussions difficult. And occasionally they are shutting off comments. And not having access to who they actually \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmoderate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I can not know if there is a bias in the moderation.<\/p>\n

So in my opinion it looks like the IR shakeup was a not too subtle left turn. <\/p>\n

Ed. Note: Here’s the letter published by the Missoulian. Judge for yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reality reveals the self-righteous indignation of people like Bill O’Reilly, Denny Rehberg, Glenn Beck, Scott Walker, Jeff Essmann, Paul Ryan and Will Deschamps as symptoms of untruth. These individuals are hostile and angry precisely because they do not feel confident in their own truth. When someone is intolerant of listening to others, the more certain you can be that they do not know what they are talking about.
\nAs honest, fair and truly intellectual debate degrades before our very eyes, the quality of American democracy degrades along with it.<\/p>\n

– James Minckler, Missoula<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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