Talk:Mara Liasson

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Contents 1 Date problem 2 "Philiosophy" Section Violates Wikipedia Standards 3 Bias 4 Copyright Issues 5 Reference problem?

[edit] Date problem

From Sept. 1998 - June 1989, she took a leave of absence to attend Columbia University in New York.

DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! Tomer^talk 08:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Philiosophy" Section Violates Wikipedia Standards

Equating a quote about White House press reporters with Liasson's personal philiosophy doesn't meet accurate source standards. A quote that claims, yet has no relation, to her personal philiosophy is not a legitimate source.

Sean7phil 16:25, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

You're absolutely right, but what do you expect from "media matters"? I'm removing it--ridiculous.

--Harold

[edit] Bias

This article, although short, reveals a bias against Liasson. This is a typical attack on people who are centrist in their politics. Whether Center-Left or Center-Right, people closer to the middle often get slammed by arrogant extremists of both the Right and the Left. A symptom of a divided country where the lunatics on both sides hold the high ground.

Sean7phil 16:25, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any bias here, but i wonder about the basis of the statements. Where does she describe herself as center left, for example  ? She has been a Republican, works at Fox as well as NPR, has had essentially right-wing-funded journalism grants, and spent 8 years reporting very snidely on the Clinton presidency--which was in clear and marked contrast to previous NPR White House reporting. Center-left? by whose standards ? Actio 05:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)actio jan 27 07

I don't see any bias either. However, I would like to disagree with Action. Mara may be a regular panelist on Fox News, but not ALL panelists on Fox News are right-wing. Some are centrists (for instance: Mort Kondracke, center-right). Albeit, they do have a conservative slant, but Mara Liasson (and I watch Brit Hume frequently so I have some expertise in this matter) could very easily be described as center-left. If she is not center-left, she is certainly center-right ... not extreme right, because she constantly disagrees with Mr. Fred Barnes (ultra right) and Mr. Brit Hume (in between ultra right and center-right) and frequently disagrees with Mr. Mort Kondracke (center-right). It is, therefore, entirely conceivable that she could be center-left. In addition: what does NPR have anything do with being center-left or anything? I have heard many liberals as well as conservatives on NPR. 6:35, 6 May 2007, Joe

[edit] Copyright Issues

This bio appears to be cut and pasted from FoxNews, NPR and other sources. It seems to be a "canned" bio, but still violates WP:C. Or at the very least it's plagiarized and not up to Wiki's quality standard. SeaAndSand 01:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference problem?

Apparently this article has gone through some turmoil...it could be the start of something good at this point. As it stands though, there is only one reference, which itself is worthless. One reference is rather meager for the bio on a living person, isn't it? Perhaps not, as this is a very small article. But the reference given does not cover all of the facts put forward, nor does the reference itself seem very reliable.CsCran 23:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

And, here goes the nubie talking to himself again. The one "reference" for the article is meant as a trivia tag, it seems. So, yes, worthless. I will delete the whole bit (just the word "Trivia" and the unverifiable link).

Since I don't know, yet, how to plop these in, and have other things to do at the moment, here are links to ML's bios at Fox and NPR: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,2124,00.html http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1930401

They should cover most of the facts included in th article so far. There is no mention of her marital status in either one, however. (I shall learn how to put citations and/or references in.)CsCran 23:24, 14 October 2007 (UTC)