Just the Facts Maam
Sylvia A. Smith did a report in Sunday's Journal Gazzette. At first glance it would appear that she would write about Mark Souder's involvement in the hearings concerning the drug war on methamphetamines.
She takes the word of a drug czar, John Walters over Congressman Souder and the White House. In the next paragragh she admits that she is probably not qualified to say who is right. This is where she should have stopped.
Instead of ending there she went on another bash session of Souder, said statistics show meth isn't a huge problem in Allen county (she provides no evidence of this or sources to confirm it).
When she was done with Souder she started to complain about the rigors of being a political journalist covering the Washington beat. I would have more respect for the woman if she ever showed she did any journalism.
She had the opportunity to give readers an insight into the fight on drugs. Instead she chose to criticize Souder while offering nothing to back up her opinion.
Journalism requires a lot of research into facts. The only fact I can come away from the article is that Sylvia Smith doesn't have the grasp on the facts.
She takes the word of a drug czar, John Walters over Congressman Souder and the White House. In the next paragragh she admits that she is probably not qualified to say who is right. This is where she should have stopped.
Instead of ending there she went on another bash session of Souder, said statistics show meth isn't a huge problem in Allen county (she provides no evidence of this or sources to confirm it).
When she was done with Souder she started to complain about the rigors of being a political journalist covering the Washington beat. I would have more respect for the woman if she ever showed she did any journalism.
She had the opportunity to give readers an insight into the fight on drugs. Instead she chose to criticize Souder while offering nothing to back up her opinion.
Journalism requires a lot of research into facts. The only fact I can come away from the article is that Sylvia Smith doesn't have the grasp on the facts.
posted by Indiana Pundit at 12:47 PM
4 Comments:
Link to the story?
Tracy Warner and Sylvia Smith have a near 100% probability they will
censor the news you get. That’s right! When a candidate is interviewed
by these two individuals what they report is nothing close to what the
candidate said. I am not sure this is true for all candidates, at least it
is true for me.
For example, I was asked what my positions are. I replied defense,
balanced budget, reducing the national debt, energy, identity theft,
pension reform, on-us-checks and more and they described me as a one
issue candidate. Out of the six news organizations I sent my press
release to, the Journal Gazette was the only one to get it wrong. In
fact, they got it wrong in 2002 and wrong again in 2004.
When Dr. Hayhurst speaks mostly about affordable health care, is he
treated as a one issue candidate? No! In fact the Dr. Hayhurst’s web
site has NO issues listed.
But ,what is most amazing is the Warner approach to reporting. He
suggests Dr. Hayhurst “needs to start beating up Souder now for breaking
his term limit pledge and portray the incumbent as a Washington insider.”
Beating up, attacking and mud slinging. Why not spend time speaking out
on issues instead of attacking.
I, as a voter want to know what the candidate stands for, not more
beating up or mud slinging. I as a voter want to know if the candidate
has a plan or is it nothing but sound bites.
But, to Smith and Warner it is not the candidate’s issues that are
important but what Smith and Warner perceive the issues should be.
Readers beware of these two who censor your news.
Mark Souder deserves every iota of criticism he has ever recieved. He is a beltway boy, spending his time posing for pictures with the president (using the picture of him and President Bush in most campaign literature and signs I have seen over the years).
It seems timely that he choose the drug issue so close to election time again. Suddenly, after fourteen years in the third district's congressional seat, he has taken an interest in this "epidemic".
The most important fact that so many have missed is that this man is void of integrity. He LIED to his constituents, saying he is for term limits, but FLIP FLOPPING in the worst sense of the word. I may not be a Republican, but I have the utmost respect for Mitch Harper. He said he was for term limits, and although he was young, decided not to run again because he stood by his conviction.
Souder lied to his constituents, and doesnt deserve their vote in November. It is time to elect someone with a little conviction or at the very least a spine.
Sorry about forgetting to link to the article. I did the most archaic thing in preparing this article. I actually had a hard copy of the Sunday Journal. Here's the link.
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