alien visitors
Alien Visitors - MSNBC today says that “one in every three adults believe an alien spaceship did land in Roswell”, citing a Zogby poll. The authors of this article seem to feel it’s unnecessary to back up or clarify that bold assertion. After all, newspapers have exaggerated reports of alien belief before. Stories with human cloning and aliens are the most exciting of all. This sort of news draws clickthroughs and makes money, so it was surprising today to hear the International Federation of Journalists accusing U.S. and Canadian media companies of “Cheapskate Journalism”. Perhaps CNN took the criticism to heart; today the CNN chief was asking for advice from Republican senators about how to report in a way that is favorable to the “right wing” viewers. I mean, just reporting the facts in a balanced, unbiased manner is so … 19th century.