Posted on 02/20/2005 12:53:35 PM PST by srm913
Ooooh, how original! Despite his myriad flaws, McCarthy was a truth-teller. So are we.
No, just smarter and more observant than the MSM thinks they are..
Oooh! I like that! Adding to the keywords!
Translation: There will be no more leaks without attribution. People will have to stand behind their little backstabs. If that's a "chilling effect," then we need a "chilling effect."
The title of this stupid story should be, "We used to get away with lying, dammit!"
I don't consider myself a journalist, because I'd have to lower my fact-checking standards.
The Establishment is uncomfortable about the idea that common citizen bloggers may legally be considered part of "the Press", with all the rights and privileges thereof
Well respected by the communists and a bunch of liars.
Here's to the pajamahadeen!
The faux "reporting" of advocacy journalism turned off a lot of honest people. LGF and PowerLine are jewels of aggressive and skillful news dissemination. And more to come...
In other words, the writer hates transparency. Pity, that is just the way it is these days. The lights are being beamed into dark closets everywhere, and the critters that thrive in the dark don't like it.
"Gannon's" mistake is that he was too defensive. He should have just said my private life is none of your freaking business. I am not in public office. There is no nexus between it and what I did as a reporter. Just shove it.
He's still under the impression that someone cares about the Gannon story, and the Old Media was pushing the Trent Lott story for all it was worth, although Lott said nothing about segregation.
I notice he conveniently forgot to mention the biggest blogger bagging:
Why should there be any "free speaking" with journalists that doesn't get published? Politicians shouldn't get chummy with journalists. Journalists are supposed to be their watchdog.
"The salivating morons who make up the lynch mob prevail," he wrote.
This is so typical of the elitist, left-wing snobs who dominate the MSM. This is why they, like their communist brethren, will soon be consigned to the ash heap of history.
These people are just now realizing what most people are taught at any early age---
YOU are responsible for what you say---what is this bit about how "now people won't be able to speak freely"--
Of course they will, but they darn sure better be able to back up any and all "facts" and opinions---
I don't seem to recall it this way... If I recall correctly, he said something like if Strom had been president, the United States would be a better place. Nothing about segregation, but that's what it was twisted to mean. Even the least educated in the rhetorical arts would recognize this as hollow praise to an aging, ailing old man who was about to "solve the great mortal mystery", as it were. And, if I recall correctly, the MSM was over inflating the issue like an industrial pneumatic pump on a beach ball.
The irony of this article in contrast with that incredibly ignorant statement speaks not volumes, but libraries.
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Everybody HAS to be a journalist these days. We are not getting the full news from the media outlets. We are only getting what they deem exciting or sexy or controversial.
And sometimes, not getting all of the news is a matter of life and death. Like, on your local news station, have you heard about the 25 young Americans who have been abducted (disappeared) -- when they came near the border of Mexico, or went into Mexico? Have you heard yet---(and, will you hear this...) --- that our government is warning young people not to go to Mexico on their Spring Break?
Source of my "unusual" but true knowledge: Fox News channel, Saturday, 2/19/05, the late Geraldo Live show.
(I also, know it's true because I have a brother in the Air National Guard who has gotten the warning from the Gov.)
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Urp! Excuse me while I wipe my lunch off my monitor.
Spoken as though that's a bad thing...
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