A doctor takes issue with the Washington Post
Reader Christy e-mails:
Michelle,
I am a pediatrician in Southern Indiana in Rep. Baron Hill’s district. I was actually contacted by the WaPo to give my thoughts on this situation. I was asked by a friend to do this and needless to say, I was quite nervous about what the liberal journalist from the WaPo would take away from our conversation. I spent an hour talking to him with my husband alongside of me and sounded calm and well-educated on the matter. I tried to discuss my concerns not because I am a conservative, but because I am a physician. I couldn’t believe that these are the quotes which ended up in the paper. The first wasn’t even close to what I said. I never referred to Rep. Hill by his first name and the “effigy” comment was not even close to what I was talking about. I mentioned how I “wouldn’t hang him in effigy” (since that is the left’s favorite thing to do, ie, Sarah Palin, Bush), meaning that I have concerns, but am willing to voice them in a productive way. He also asked me about how I’ve been trying to get people involved and I mentioned that I have posted things on FB to encourage my friends to contact his office. He came into my home with his agenda, a very liberal agenda, and I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I thought that he would present both sides equally and fairly, and instead twisted my words and did not even put the important things in that I had emphasized. I always believed that the left had their agenda and always knew that they would warp our views to better fit how they want the world to see us. Now, my beliefs have been validated. I’m sick over this. Here is the link to the article.
Keep fighting the good fight!
Christy Lane
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We appreciate all you’ve done, Dr. Lane. Keep up the fight and don’t let the media get you down.
Dear Christy,
REMEMBER: When in doubt, always record your interview and be prepared to air it on YouTube. Never trust the Antique Media.
I am sorry Dr. Lane you had to go through this. If any other person has an interview with the msm, please get audio. They will make US all out a nuts.
BTW, thank you for all you do to help children.
L
It looks like the media are back to ‘selective quotation’ again.
The press in America is beyond pathetic. It has become a corrupt mouthpiece of progressives. They lie about, distort, and ignore the truth. The press is worse than a dog which will not hunt. The press is a miserable mongrel that feels entitled to respect, but can only crap on your front porch each morning.
Pravda is alive and well in the MSM.
Christy, thanks for trying to get the message out. Please don’t give up!
The Courier-Journal, the daily “rag” that serves Rep. Hill’s district, published a self-congratulatory piece last week on how they might be liberal on the op-ed pages, but they were absolutely unbiased when reporting news.
Many readers promptly took them to task pointing out that unbiased reporting includes reporting both sides of a story, story placement (such as unflattering stories about liberals buried deep inside the paper while unflattering stories about conservatives are Page 1) and altoghether omitting news stories that don’t fit the agenda they promote.
There is a lesson to be learned here from your experience for everyone when it deals with this press. When dealing with any member of the MSM, make a recording of your conversation and interview. Then you will have the ability to prove and post what was taken out of context. If the reporter is honest, they won’t mind you having your own record. If they protest, then your pretty much sure they have their own agenda in mind.
I went and read all 3 pages of the article in the WaPo.
As much as I despise the MSM and the WaPo lib-tards in particular, I have to tell you that I don’t see what this Christy Lane person is so excited about.
Perhaps she’s upset because the article wasn’t about her?
Just sayin’…
If anyone of them ever bothered to check history of corrupt governments in quest of total power, they would see that it won’t be long before all their “stories and reports” will be submitted to a government censor (probably a czar’s office) for approval before hitting the printer or TV screen. It never fails that the press is eventually totally controlled, more than enough to make CNN howl. I wonder if they think things will be different this time. I doubt it; the press are useful idiots. If I was an editor or reporter, I would be watching my back.
Media rules for the media.
1/ Don’t trust the media, they are not on your side.
2/ Don’t talk to the media. Ever.
3/ When in doubt, refer to rule 2.
Seriously, soldiers have goon to jail, and had thier lives ruined by the press. Just don’t do it.
goon = gone. Sigh…
It’s in her letter to Michelle:
1) She never referred to the representative by his first name.
2) The effigy quote was incorrect.
3) The reporter misrepresented the context of her Facebook comment.
The reporter disregarded the points she felt were most relevant to her point of view and cherry picked and distorted comments to set up softball questions for the representative. It was clear to Dr. Lane that the reporter was not objective and clearly had an agenda.
Ultimately, at the point in which he put quotations around what she said, he should have done so accurately. It’s irritating to be misquoted even in the most innocent of circumstances (which this was not).
#12—-Goon. Hard to type the correct word(s) when discussing the pathetic media. Goon is correct for them. I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t had their interview slanted to fit the media cause of the day. Are we nazi’s, a mob, or un American? I can’t keep up.
I have taken to video recording all depositions.
It has a REMARKABLE effect on opposing counsel, for one thing.
I recommend doing it any time you can…when attending a town hall, tea party, or ESPECIALLY when confronting a corrupt person (press, Political Class member, etc.)
If you read Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism, you’ll understand why we can be Stalinst-mobster-Nazi-racehaters…all at once.
Absolutely correct – and call the bastards on it when misquoted. As Rags said – video recording is even better, and if the interviewer objects show him/her the door (and try to get the objection on tape as well.
The police are required to video record every interrogation and/or interview to allay fears of intimidation of improper questioning – why should a “reporter” not be subject to the same thing to avoid misquotes and unfair reporting?
Lefties have taken to recording everything. We need to do the same.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/10/video-how-obamacare-will-ration-care/
We have models of statist health care plans.
They produce VERY ugly results.
Unfortunately, I have found that speaking with the media is an art form and that is why politicians and others frequently interviewed sound like robots repeating talking points. Words will almost always be taken out of context to “fit” the theme of the article. When the article is written by someone of opposing viewpoint, the theme is always unsympathetic to the person quoted.
…in the meantime, a good thrashing is in order…
Dr. Lane, thanks for doing what you can to get this message out. It is very difficult when we have to fight through the MSM, the Congress, and the POTUS. I have left a comment on the WaPo site asking why an unbiased “journalist” would twist the words of someone who is trying to cooperate in the discussion. Must not have fit the narrative.
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/cb0810wj20090810044756.jpg
Excellent…
While I agree with Dr. Lane’s complaint, I have to say that talking to ANY MSM reporter without fully understanding your words will be twisted and parsed to support the reporter’s point of view, is more than a little naive.
There haven’t been many, if any, honest and trustworthy reporters in a mainstream news program in my memory.
If called upon to talk to the press, aired or print, record it yourself, make sure the reporter knows you are doing so and be prepared to defend yourself when your words are twisted.
What is the Washington Post?
Get her on Fox News and on each of its evening shows: Beck, OR Factor, Hannity, and Greta–one a night. For good measure, run her through the daytime programs: F&F, late morning, early afternoon, and Cavuto.
Pravda on the Potomac.
A brand of birdcage lining sold in the D.C. area, I think.
It’s funny how all of the “investigative journalism” just runs one way.
For example, it struck me as odd that the official White House website is being utilized in such a partisan way, especially after the “franking fuss.”
I did a search and found one lonely blogger asking others to lodge complaints about the illegal partisan use of this “gov” site.
Why isn’t the MSM investigating this?
I know – just another rhetorical “If-Bush-had-done-this” question…
This is all one can expect from The Washington (com)Post and their large gaggle of “C” average journalist majors.
Looks like grounds for a lawsuit.
Dr. Lane is un-American, according to Pelosi. In truth, many hard-working people are more American than she can hope to be. If anyone is un-American, it is her for trying to dismantle everything that made this country great, in the interest of ego and power.
Morale of the story:
If you are going to be interviewed by the Media, make sure you have an independent video of the entire interview.
The media will hack up the interview to have you say whatever they want you to say.
Ask Sarah Palin.
Hm. There’s a shock. But we’re the ones doing all the lying about health reform, right?
Oh, and how many politicians have medical degrees and have been actual, practicing physicians before drafting this crap-tacular legislation?
As we have all really always known: when an honest person gives an interview to the Lying Media all you get are Lies.
Pravda on the Potomac?
It’s unfortunate more physicians don’t form small localized groups to oppose the Obama Death Squad legislation. I can understand why we’re not hearing them… they are all working 12-24 hour shifts. Unlike the liberal AMA. American Medical Association members avoid actual patient care by sitting in secluded offices writing research papers and reading John Holdren books. The MSM adores their warped agendas.
I’m not sure what the paper was thinking they’d gain by being so inaccurate and driving their agenda. It was easy to make them look the fool and now they are the losers. No wonder these papers are going broke with people in decision making places internally that make these kinds of decisions its a wonder they aren’t already out of business.
“American Medical Association members avoid actual patient care by sitting in secluded offices writing research papers and reading John Holdren books.”
Wow, there’s an accurate description of AMA members…..
Not.
In the early 80′s I spent some time with the Air Force’s Director of Public Affairs (a one-star). When he was asked what his most egregious example of media flim-flammery was, he related how Mike Wallace and 60 Minutes came in to interview an Air Force general. As the crew set up their cameras, the Air Force sent in a film crew and began setting up alongside the 60 Minutes gang. Wallace asked what they were doing and when told, “We are going to tape the interview, so we have the same story…” Wallace and crew packed up and left immediately!
A long-time friend (a 4-star) was interviewed on some controversial issue of the time. When the piece was printed, it quoted him incorrectly — leading to a call from his boss (the SecDef). He was fortunate to have taped the interview, which got him out of hot water.
Typical media, if we can’t make things come out the way we want we had better work on the “story” (e.g., pick-up trucks blow up, so we better make them do just that, even if we have to rig the whole thing).
First, if I was Dr. Lane, I would call that friend and give them an earful.
Dr. Lane, the most important concern is your patients. I would make sure that everyone in your office knew what happened at that interview and how your words were twisted. That way if a patient says something about the interview everyone knows the truth.
I would also write the paper and tell what you had said and how the writer twisted your words.
Don’t hold your breath for a retraction.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
at my age i can’t afford to be wishing time away, but i sure wish this were august 11 of 2010, as these congressional slugs would be less than 90 days to retirement. speaking of retirement and congress, do you realize it would take the average american 68 years of social security payments to match the retirement income of the politburo after they have “worked for us” for just 10 years. that’s right, you peons work 45 years and pay into social security, then hope you live until you are 133 to collect what a congressman who serves 10 years, pays no social security tax and then retires will make in the normal 75 year lifespan if he retires at 65. THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THE U.S. CONGRESS. LAWS FOR THE PEOPLE, PERKS FOR THE POLITBURO AND CRONIES WITHIN THE APPARATCHIK.
The Democrats *GASP* are taking things out of context and *SWOON* twisting words by experts that disagree with them? NEVER!!!!!! After all, Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised to “clean up the house”, and President Obama has pledged “unprecidented transparency with the American people”! I CANNOT believe that people are accusing them of *SIGH* DISHONESTY!!! Scandalous!