[cinnathepoet]

I can only conclude that the left is better at screaming at media outlets. This improve-your-journalism institute is feeling guilty because they should have omitted the "shove it" story. The fact that the reporter was conservative, or his employer was conservative, was enough to keep this story buried. Maybe conservative screams should be louder, I don't know. Would it do any good?

[BenLurkin]

Reminds me of that squeaking sound bite that Hugh Hewitt plays from time to time which he calls "Beekman".

[Question_Assumptions]

The fact that Theresa Heinz was lying to that journalist before she told him to "Shove it!" is the detail that matters most in that story and the detail that is being the least reported by the mainstream media. He was asking a valid question, regardless of his politics. She was lying.

[Tacis]

Boy, did you call that one right.

I checked Kerry and Viet Nam on Google and very few of the stories report that he bugged out on his unit while they were under fire, deserted the active Navy and then returned to the US where he committed treason. They do conveniently leave out these little details.

And speaking of Terry Kerry, not one article mentioned the tight and long standing (1997) relationship she has with Ken Lay, the guy who destroyed Enron and thousands of little guys. Not one article mentions how many personal servants she employs or have many of them are not illegal aliens.

The media sure does leave out detail!

[Criminal Number 18F]

She writes, "When I googled 'Schwarzenegger' and 'girlie girls'..."

I thought the word was "girlie-men." She's so desperate to find a Scaifegoat that she can't even remember what The Governator was getting bollocked for.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[swilhelm73]

How is what paper a reporter works for anywhere near as important as the fact the wife of a presidential candidate is going around calling people anti-American and then lying about it?

[kevkrom]

Does this author believe that every Bush critic ought to have their employer's info printed in every article about their criticisms? It doesn't matter what the history between Heinz-Kerry and Scaiffe are, a reporter asked her a legitimate question, and she was obnoxiusly rude to him. That she did so right after calling for civility is a news story. Period.

[Spok]

Obviously the press could do a better job of slanting the news-NOT!

[cinnathepoet]

Feedback to Poynter Institute:

Feedback

[bondjamesbond]

If these folks want to re-open "Shoveitgate", I think that' just fine...

[SoothingDave]

Unsigned gossip is typical of the Trib, and Heinz Kerry's reaction to seeing a Trib reporter at the Democratic Convention could be related to that history. Pittsburgh City Paper managing editor Chris Potter calls the whole brouhaha "ridiculous" and cites a recent Trib investigation as a possible contributing factor in Heinz Kerry's exchange with McNickle.

Yeah, the editor of the City Paper is a real journalist. If I need to know where the Asian massages are, I'll give you a call.

SD

[combat_boots]

I called and spoke to the reporter/editor. He was very civil--to me, as I was to him.

And I did see the tape. She did say un-Pennsylvanian, and un-American, which was the start of it all.