Monday, October 03, 2005
MSM (NYT): Misrepresentation or Simply Stupidity?
For me its just another example of really really bad reporting. For full disclosure, I've not read the book. But I recall TH has...
6 Comments:
By 
Catchy Pseudonym, at
Mon Oct 03, 11:58:00 AM:
The real offense is saying that getting rid of black babies (therefore people) would lower the crime rate. To me that's says volumes on how he thinks. In essence, he's saying black people are the main cause of crime. Then he focuses his defensive argumentes on saying "I didn't say we should really abort black babies." He and the media are completely missing why that statement is offensive.
By Cardinalpark, at
Mon Oct 03, 12:36:00 PM:
Read the article and transcript. I don't love Bennett, but it is not what he said...
By Catchy Pseudonym, at
Mon Oct 03, 01:44:00 PM:
I don't know. I've read the transcript and I've listen to it. I have to sign up to read the op-ed piece and I hate filling out forms, so I didn't read that, so I readily admit that I might be missing something. But the transcript didn't change my mind on the whole thing.
I think the racism of his statement (whether he is a racist or just an idiot) is buried a layer below what everyone is arguing about. I understand that he thinks aborting all black babies is reprehensible, but to me that's not the point. It was that he chose to phrase his point like he did, either out of stupidity or racism.
By Cardinalpark, at
Mon Oct 03, 03:10:00 PM:
He didn't phrase it that way. He wa restating somebody elses theory. Then he repudiated somebody else's theory.
By 
, at
Mon Oct 03, 06:08:00 PM:
Cardinalpark, just as Bennett did, you're misrepresenting "Freakanomics." Leavitt doesn't bring race into the theory. His argument is entirely class-based. Bennett showed his hand by bringing in "black babies."
By Catchy Pseudonym, at
Wed Oct 05, 08:55:00 AM:
Um... no, it's what he said. You don't have to be on a higher plain to get it, just have common sense and look at the words. People's choice of words says a lot about who they are. That's a fundamental part of human interaction. No rocket science here.
