Comment 37479

By highwater (registered) | Posted January 27, 2010 at 11:30:27

Kelly doesn't understand that this quote doesn't apply to a medium where everything is fact checked by hundreds, if not thousands of people, all with the ability to call shenanigans on anything that isn't correct.

Kelly also used the example of the Drudge Report advancing a bogus story about Sen. Kerry having an affair during the 2004 US election to illustrate his point about Those Darn Unaccountable Blogs!, conveniently leaving out the fact that the reason the rumour did so much damage is because it was picked up and disseminated by the Ever So Respectable MSM.

He also claimed his radio format was 'accountable' because listeners can call up and disagree with him, conveniently leaving out the fact that callers to the show are vetted by his producers, so we have no way of knowing if dissenting voices are being filtered out. We're just supposed to take it on faith. That's the problem with all the old media's claims of credibility: they're all faith-based. Trust us! We've been vetted by omniscient, infallible editors and producers who only have the best interests of the public at heart! Put down that mouse, the internet is a scary, dangerous place! Parents should think about this!

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