The Herald Sun is also a very one-sided paper. Where are the complaints about its commentary team?
Conservative opinion columnists in The Age? How about Tony Parkinson, for a start. And The Age prints extended pieces from conservative politicians, both letters and opinion pieces. Does the HS?
It seems to me that the people who complain loudest about The Age are those who wouldn't be caught dead reading it in any case.
Look, I don't mind if Henderson gets his half page in the Age or not. It is, after all, a good thing to be exposed to opinions with which you disagree. And Henderson has a right to bitch about how they won't let him play in their sandbox anymore. But what got my ire was Faris making the point that The Age is 'The most left wing paper in the country', as if that proves anything. 1) That's not saying much. 2) someone has to be, and 3) what is his problem with a paper being left wing anyway? He doesnt rail about the Adelaide Advertiser, nary a whimper about the Herald Sun, so it seems that he only has a problem with papers which disagree with him. That's hypocritical.
I disagree with the Herald Sun. My response to this is simple: I don't read it. No-one forces me to. If I write a letter to the editor, I know better than to expect it to be printed. I can, after all, read The Age if I prefer. People in Adelaide don't have that luxury. There is a real problem with a biased newspaper, because that town really isn't big enough for two. Moreover, I may disagree in the strongest possible terms with the Herald Sun, but I have never demanded, or even expressed the preference for them to be forced to hire, say, John Pilger as an opinion writer. I have no right to impose my views on the Herald Sun's readership. And Faris and Henderson have no right to impose their views on me. Fair's fair, after all.
Re: Not what he says
Date: 2005-06-10 09:47 pm (UTC)Conservative opinion columnists in The Age? How about Tony Parkinson, for a start. And The Age prints extended pieces from conservative politicians, both letters and opinion pieces. Does the HS?
It seems to me that the people who complain loudest about The Age are those who wouldn't be caught dead reading it in any case.
Look, I don't mind if Henderson gets his half page in the Age or not. It is, after all, a good thing to be exposed to opinions with which you disagree. And Henderson has a right to bitch about how they won't let him play in their sandbox anymore. But what got my ire was Faris making the point that The Age is 'The most left wing paper in the country', as if that proves anything. 1) That's not saying much. 2) someone has to be, and 3) what is his problem with a paper being left wing anyway? He doesnt rail about the Adelaide Advertiser, nary a whimper about the Herald Sun, so it seems that he only has a problem with papers which disagree with him. That's hypocritical.
I disagree with the Herald Sun. My response to this is simple: I don't read it. No-one forces me to. If I write a letter to the editor, I know better than to expect it to be printed. I can, after all, read The Age if I prefer. People in Adelaide don't have that luxury. There is a real problem with a biased newspaper, because that town really isn't big enough for two.
Moreover, I may disagree in the strongest possible terms with the Herald Sun, but I have never demanded, or even expressed the preference for them to be forced to hire, say, John Pilger as an opinion writer. I have no right to impose my views on the Herald Sun's readership. And Faris and Henderson have no right to impose their views on me. Fair's fair, after all.