On Howard Kurtz Coming Unhinged: We Are The Gatekeepers ...

The Virginian ^ | 9/12/2008 | Moneyrunner

[moneyrunner]

No Left Turns wonders what made a fairly reasonable Liberal journalist snap and appear to go batshit crazy like the anchorman Howard Beale in “Network.” Watching somebody go unhinged in public is both fascinating and repellent. It makes you realize the beneath that urbane exterior there was a boiling cauldron of repressed fury that colored every word uttered or written. It strips Howard Kurtz naked and to see the naked Kurtz is not a pretty sight. Gone is the pretense of objectivity; gone is the pretense of seeing all sides, gone in a single essay is any pretense of impartiality. Kurtz could not have shown his allegiance to the Obama camp any more clearly if he had hoisted the Jolly Roger emblazoned with a stylized O.

So what made Kurtz snap?

Glen Reynolds suggests a source for the anger: "I think it’s because they don’t matter as much as they once did."

[Utah Binger]

Here?

[Penny]

Yes—and thanks so much!

[Lady Heron]

Can we say Carter?

[Bubba_Leroy]

One of Reagan's greatest strengths was his ability to circumvent the MSM and talk directly to the American people. The MSM hated him for it.

McCain and Palin need to stop giving interviews, particularly to the national media. No one in the MSM has any interest in hearing what either McCain or Palin has to say. They only want to try and make McCain and Palin look bad, to make themselves look good to their MSM peers. It is truly like watching 14 year old girls fighting to raise their pecking order at a high school cafeteria.

Spend the rest of the campaign speaking to crowds of supporters at campaign stops across the country.

[festus]

But there is one more, and, as far as I can tell, little discussed, element to the story: and that is the human dynamic. Put yourself in the shoes of a reporter for the New York Times or The Washington Post. He or she has worked hard for many years to reach the top of a particular hill. And just when he gets there, he finds that the hill is a much less important one than it was before.

Yup.

[NavVet]

Of course, the difference between the “Gatekeepers” and the guy who sells hotdogs on West Ave., Newport News VA, is that the hotdog vendor actually does something beneficial for his fellow man. “Pluka’s Hot dogs” give ‘em a try.”

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

He threw a hissy fit in his column the other day. He whined that the media should be the gatekeepers who protect the public from unfit candidates, but that Palin broke through their gate. He’s worried that the media firestorm to drive her off the ticket not only failed, but backfired.