Bomb-making factory found in Brooklyn apartment of Columbia professor - Page 3

dabateman · #21 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

Only if there was something that legitimately connects the dots...

Saying sombody was a farmer and dealt drugs doesn't mean anything because the connection isn't there...

Saying sombody was a COP and dealt drugs is a different story altogether...

That's the logic applied here...

Pipe bombs and a professor in Peurto Rico?...that makes no sense...There's no obvious connection...

Pipe bombs and a professor from the National Development and Research Institutes?...that makes no sense either...There's no obvious connection...

Pipe bombs and doing work in Vietnam?...There's no obvious connection for a third time...

But pipe bombs and a professor at Columbia?...That DOES make a connection...

As shown, Columbia is a hotbed for radicals...They shout down speeches they don't agree with, invite the President of Iran to lecture, and have a "noose case" that is looking more and more like a hoax everyday...

So mentioning that as the place of employment would make the reader understand more clearly where this guy's coming from...At the very LEAST the atmoshere he deals with...

And the NYT did just the opposite...They hid it...

Or they didn't do their research...You make the call...

Mindless exaggeration... while Columbia is liberal, it's hardly radical in the sense of dangerous activism such as bombings and the like. These are the actions of an individual and have NOTHING to do with the school.

cnredd · #22 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dabateman

Mindless exaggeration... while Columbia is liberal, it's hardly radical in the sense of dangerous activism such as bombings and the like. These are the actions of an individual and have NOTHING to do with the school.

Once again...

I understand your conclusion and believe you're entitled...

But it's NOT the job of the news outlet to make that decision and then hide that little nugget from readers which takes away the possibility to decide for themselves...

Mikeyy · #23 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 11:46 PM

Bomb-making factory found in Brooklyn apartment of Columbia professor.

Do what Israel would do Bomb Brooklyn with cluster bombs.

crazyflamingos · #24 (**permalink**) 01-23-2008, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cnredd

Only if there was something that legitimately connects the dots...

Saying sombody was a farmer and dealt drugs doesn't mean anything because the connection isn't there...

Saying sombody was a COP and dealt drugs is a different story altogether...

That's the logic applied here...

Pipe bombs and a professor in Peurto Rico?...that makes no sense...There's no obvious connection...

Pipe bombs and a professor from the National Development and Research Institutes?...that makes no sense either...There's no obvious connection...

Pipe bombs and doing work in Vietnam?...There's no obvious connection for a third time...

But pipe bombs and a professor at Columbia?...That DOES make a connection...

As shown, Columbia is a hotbed for radicals...They shout down speeches they don't agree with, invite the President of Iran to lecture, and have a "noose case" that is looking more and more like a hoax everyday...

So mentioning that as the place of employment would make the reader understand more clearly where this guy's coming from...At the very LEAST the atmoshere he deals with...

And the NYT did just the opposite...They hid it...

Or they didn't do their research...You make the call...

So, in your mind, it is fine for The Daily to "hide" facts that I might find relevant such as that this man made frequent flights on international airlines.

But because YOU find the fact that he worked at Columbia relevant, The Times was guilty.... Of what? A cover up?

I thought you said earlier that the job of the reporters was to present ALL the facts. Now you think that it was just fine and dandy for The Daily to decide which facts are relevant and which are not.

Make up your mind. You can't have it both ways.

cnredd · #25 (**permalink**) 01-23-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyflamingos

So, in your mind, it is fine for The Daily to "hide" facts that I might find relevant such as that this man made frequent flights on international airlines.

But because YOU find the fact that he worked at Columbia relevant, The Times was guilty.... Of what? A cover up?

I thought you said earlier that the job of the reporters was to present ALL the facts. Now you think that it was just fine and dandy for The Daily to decide which facts are relevant and which are not.

Make up your mind. You can't have it both ways.

Yes, the Times DID cover this up...

As stated (a third time), Columbia, with the shenanigans I've mentioned TWICE, puts the story in a different context then if the professor was from some otherplace like NYU or Rutgers...

Imagine if I told you 2 black guys were killed by their boss, but I didn't tell you the boss was a Grand Wizard in the Klan...

Would you accept other people saying "But that's not relevant."...I doubt you would...

Why such a defense anyway?...What's so hard about the possibility of believing a liberal news outlet hid facts in a story to protect a liberal college from further damage of it's already putrid reputation?...

crazyflamingos · #26 (**permalink**) 01-23-2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

Yes, the Times DID cover this up...

As stated (a third time), Columbia, with the shenanigans I've mentioned TWICE, puts the story in a different context then if the professor was from some otherplace like NYU or Rutgers...

Imagine if I told you 2 black guys were killed by their boss, but I didn't tell you the boss was a Grand Wizard in the Klan...

Would you accept other people saying "But that's not relevant."...I doubt you would...

Why such a defense anyway?...What's so hard about the possibility of believing a liberal news outlet hid facts in a story to protect a liberal college from further damage of it's already putrid reputation?...

And The Daily covered up facts that I find relevant. You don't get to decide for me that those facts are not relevant. Nor does the reporter at The Daily.

I repeat: I thought you said earlier that the job of the reporters was to present ALL the facts. Now you think that it was just fine and dandy for The Daily to decide which facts are relevant and which are not.

Make up your mind. You can't have it both ways.

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