[Publib] re:Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam

[Adelaide Rowe]

You said "Librarians, of all people, should be fair and balanced when it comes to making information available to people!", and you mentioned three totally right-wing sites, however you didn't mention any complementary left-wing sites. You only mentioned the mainstream press which I don't think is all that liberal.  What liberal sites do you suggest for your librarians to read for books?

 

Personally, I find Terence  Jeffrey, editor of Human Events and Ann Coulter heinous creatures. 

 

The following is what Ann said about Max Cleland in her column, lest we forget. 

 

"If Cleland had dropped a grenade on himself at Fort Dix rather than in Vietnam, he would never have been a U.S. Senator in the first place. Maybe he'd be the best pharmacist in Atlanta,"  

"He didn't 'give his limbs for his country,' or leave them 'on the battlefield,'" Coulter said. "There was no bravery involved in dropping a grenade on himself with no enemy troops in sight."

Cleland was wounded  picking up a grenade that someone else had dropped. 

 

I guess this is a cut above suggesting there wasn't a holocaust, but it is pretty bad.

 

If I sound cranky, I get a bit tired of the mainstream press being thought of as liberal. Newt Gingrich this morning was on CSPAN and he stated that  85% of reporters vote Democratic. I think this is probably true, but one should ask why  that is (but that is another issue). What he didn't say was that more newspapers endorsed George Bush in 2000, than they did Gore. (Actually by 2004, the number did go the other way, but in between we had 4 years of "THE LIBERAL MEDIA", when it was a lie. Eric Alterman has a whole book on that subject, What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News. That is another discussion too I suppose lol.

 

 Back to the original question. What liberal, ultraleftist sites do you suggest for your librarians to browse for titles?


 


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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of SHEILA BONENBERGER
Sent: Fri 12/30/2005 9:33 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] re:Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam


There are a number of Politically Incorrect Guides, the Politically Incorrect Guide to American History is one as is the currently popular Politically Incorrect Guide to Science.  These guides do very well -- whether everyone agrees about them or not.  I am familiar with these books because I try to get as much information about current affairs as possible in my busy life.  In addition to the mainstream press I also look at conservative websites and blogs.  I'm glad I decided to do that because the picture I have of current events is much richer and fuller than it used to be.  In any event, what is surprising to me right now is that libraries anywhere would limit public access to this material because of the selectors political point of view.  Librarians, of all people, should be fair and balanced when it comes to making information available to people!

I recommend that all selectors seek out other sources of information when it comes to reviews.  Look at what Regnery is publishing.  Look at www.humaneventsonline.com <http://www.humaneventsonline.com/>   and see what they are recommending to their readers.  Look at the books Ann Coulter likes.  See what www.newsmax.com <http://www.newsmax.com/>  has to say.  Check www.powerlineblog.com <http://www.powerlineblog.com/>   and the links it provides to other sites.  It's just information.

Sheila Bonenberger
Supervising Librarian
New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm Street
New Haven, CT  06405

sbonenberger at nhfpl.org