From: Ant McWatt (antmcwatt@hotmail.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jan 22 2005 - 01:28:21 GMT
Ant McWatt stated January 20th:
I was hardly expecting a response (even a glib one) concerning Geoffrey
Nunberg’s critique of the Media Research Center just yet as I said that was
I delving further into the organization and its articles. However, without
some equally credible academic source to discredit Nunberg’s critique –
at some point, at least - Platt’s contention that there is credible
supporting
material for Goldberg's books does appear increasingly unlikely.
Platt Holden stated January 21st:
>First, I think your reference to "credible academic source" supports my
>contention that you look to formal scholarship for credence.
Ant McWatt replies:
Platt,
Are really you saying that Bill Hicks and that "singing group" from
Liverpool had formal scholarship for their respective arts? Informal or
formal intellectual quality - what is it to be?
More from Platt January 21st:
>Second, assigning motives to an author is tricky business.
Agreed.
>But if that is to be a
>criteria, the following sentence near the beginning of Nunberg's critique
>immediately revealed an anti-conservative bias: "-- the MRC has cooked the
>books in a way that even an Arthur Andersen account would blush to own up
>to." A weak attempt at humor that belies any claim to objectivity.
That line "The MRC has cooked the books in a way that even an Arthur
Andersen account would blush to own up to" was a concluding line not a
presumption. Look up the webpage.
It still remains that to keep any credibilty regards the MRC and therefore
Goldberg will require some high quality supporting sources - on your part -
at some point.
Best wishes,
Anthony
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