Comments on: Crocodile Tears From TNR http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kathy http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/comment-page-1/#comment-63860 Kathy Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:40:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/#comment-63860 <i>It has become so commonplace for a sensational story to later turn out to be exaggerated or even false that no one is surprised.</i> Can you give an example, Chris? Because I actually think the opposite is true in Iraq. It has become so commonplace for a sensational story to later turn out to be exaggerated or even false that no one is surprised.

Can you give an example, Chris? Because I actually think the opposite is true in Iraq.

]]> By: Chris http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/comment-page-1/#comment-63806 Chris Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:42:22 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/#comment-63806 It has become so commonplace for a sensational story to later turn out to be exaggerated or even false that no one is surprised. Why fact check when that might prove to be inconvenient in spreading the meme? Corrections are simple, short, and rarely noticed in any case. It has become so commonplace for a sensational story to later turn out to be exaggerated or even false that no one is surprised. Why fact check when that might prove to be inconvenient in spreading the meme? Corrections are simple, short, and rarely noticed in any case.

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/comment-page-1/#comment-63800 Blue Star Chronicles Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:30:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/#comment-63800 <strong>Wear Red on Fridays Round-Up...</strong> I’ve had a terrible time getting anything posted today. When I’ve been at the computer I’ve been trying to figure out why I can’t get on blogger.com AT ALL. It’s just aggravating me to death. I realize that’s not a l... Wear Red on Fridays Round-Up…

I’ve had a terrible time getting anything posted today. When I’ve been at the computer I’ve been trying to figure out why I can’t get on blogger.com AT ALL. It’s just aggravating me to death. I realize that’s not a l…

]]> By: Kathy http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/comment-page-1/#comment-63798 Kathy Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:41:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/#comment-63798 <i>As he put it: "You can tell a story two ways, one to make the soldier look like a psycho, the other to make the soldier look like a hero."</i> With all due respect to your son, I think there's a third way to tell a story, and that is without the intentionality to "make" the soldier "look" like either a psycho or a hero. The way to do that is to simply tell the truth of whatever happened. In most cases, doing that will leave the soldier looking like a human being -- which is, I believe, what most soldiers are. As he put it: “You can tell a story two ways, one to make the soldier look like a psycho, the other to make the soldier look like a hero.”

With all due respect to your son, I think there’s a third way to tell a story, and that is without the intentionality to “make” the soldier “look” like either a psycho or a hero. The way to do that is to simply tell the truth of whatever happened. In most cases, doing that will leave the soldier looking like a human being — which is, I believe, what most soldiers are.

]]> By: Flopping Aces http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/comment-page-1/#comment-63775 Flopping Aces Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:47:58 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/07/27/crocodile-tears-from-tnr/#comment-63775 <strong>TNR Goes On Offense...</strong> Looks like The New Republic is going to try to tackle this Scott Thomas problem by going on offense.  Howard Kurtz interviews the editor of TNR and once again the man says its all the fault of us conservatives: As...... TNR Goes On Offense…

Looks like The New Republic is going to try to tackle this Scott Thomas problem by going on offense.  Howard Kurtz interviews the editor of TNR and once again the man says its all the fault of us conservatives: As……

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