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I curse quite often myself,
but I have the self-control an!
tact to limit my vocal outbursi
to situations and surroundini
that are appropriate.
The classroom is notanap'
propriate setting.
Baxter does concede that
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Regarding Jon Apgar's Oct. 15
column "Media stereotyping
shows irresponsibility’’:
Anybody who believes that a
front page news story is inca
pable of conveying opinions
should purchase a copy each of
The Washington Times and The
Washington Post on the same
day and compare.
Similar words arranged differ
ently while stating the same
facts can have startlingly differ
ent implications.
As often as not these nuances
result directly from the perspec
tive of the reporter.
Whether most reporters are lib
eral or conservative is up to debate.
Hopefully someday a Gallup Poll
will settle the question.
To assume that a reporter’s
ideology cannot influence the
direction of a news story, howev
er, is naive.
Jon S. Beeler
Graduate student
nothing but the truth, 1 didn't
tell the whole truth.
According to Apgar, conserva
tives tell you the media is liber
ally biased and will offer as proof
editorials, reports of misdeeds
by government officials, and
awkward questions asked of Re
publicans.
This may be true of some
conservatives, but all that is real
ly needed to demonstrate media
bias is their tendency to leave
our important facts that don’t
agree with their world view.
One example of this is the ten
dency of the media to report over
and over how the deficit went up
in the ’80s, proving that Reagan’s
tax cuts were a bad idea.
What they leave out is that
revenue actually went up — way
up. The deficit increase was
due to out-of-control federal
spending — whoever you wish
to blame for this.
This phenomenon is not
confined to the op-ed page, ei
ther. There are many other ex
amples, but I believe this one
makes the point.
there are situationswhereaiis
words should not beusedsud
as a professional settinglilea
hoard meeting.
Why is it OK, then,touseiii
a classroom?
If he does not consider this -
professional environment,
he had better re-evaluatehis
motives for going to college,
Baxter claims that foul lan
guage is the savior of educahoi
and will make lectures less hoi
Some professors are not
lecturers, but f guarantee that
presentation and articulation
are the keys to successful^-
lures — not cursing.
He accuses professorsof
ing bypassed by content]
language.
If that is what “contempo-;
rary language” hascometo,
then I commend themforhai
ing the fortitude to maintain
common decency.
I find Baxter’s “free-love’af
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distasteful and disrespectful.
JimDictt
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Biases inserted in
Jason Knott
Class of’00
choice of wording Foul mouths won’t
Regarding Jon Apgar’s Oct. 15
column, "Media stereotyping
shows irresponsibility’’:
Suppose Bill Clinton and Bob
Dole were to be the only two
participants in a 100-meter race,
and Clinton won.
If I told you that Dole came
in second and that Clinton
came in next-to-last, I would be
reporting with a bias. Even
though I told the truth and
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