Hammered: How Blogs Are Shattering the Arrogance of the Columbia Journalism Review

DC Examiner ^ | Feb. 7, 2005 | Laura Vanderkam

[Max Combined]

"Finally, Vanderkam says we've been herding the U.S. press leftward for 40-plus years."

Of course, she says no such thing, so this is yet another distortion by the CJR.

How is the fact that the lefty editors of the CJR are from states that voted for Dubya supposed to be relevant?

Why did Hoyt not address the fact that the hit piece on the bloggers who exposed the CBS fraud was a snot-nosed punk who had just graduated from the notoriously leftist Evergreen State College, which has produced such luminaries as Rachel Corrie?

[McGavin999]

They just hate it when they're caught, don't they?

[laurav]

Thank you!

[dighton]

When accused of snottiness, their instinctive response is a snotty denial.

[aculeus]

When accused of snottiness, their instinctive response is a snotty denial.

Indeed, but the good news is DC Examiner, a brand new weapon for our side.

[Drango]

Crisp rebuttal of the grand daddy media review CJR.

[laurav]

Glad you liked it.

[Drango]

Indeed, but the good news is DC Examiner, a brand new weapon for our side.

Indeed. A conservative rag without the moonie baggage of the Washington Times.

[CFC__VRWC]

bflr

[Fenris6]

Malkin and Powerline are all over the Eason Jordon scandal at CNN and the cone of silence enforced by MSM

http://www.michellemalkin.com/

http://www.powerlineblog.com/

Powerline also notes the advent of a triumvirate of blogs, dedicated entirely to the Eason Jordan scandal and CNN's coverup of same:

We have been advised of the debut of Easongate, a group blog including the work of Blackfive, Brian Scott, Chester and Bill Roggio

http://www.billroggio.com/easongate/

[okie01]

Excellent dissection. I trust you enjoyed yourself, shooting liberal fish in the CJR barrel.

If Cory Pein's "Blog-Gate" is representative of the CJR's work, then their standards are pathetic and the magazine is useless as a critical professional review.

"Blog-Gate" was one of the most embarrassingly weak pieces of journalism I've seen in years. Given a few misspelled words and a split infinitive or two, it would have readily qualified for the sobriquet "amateur".

[185JHP]

"Smart, can write well, can investigate" don't necessarily have even a tangential relationship to "attended/graduated from a J-school."

[laurav]

J-school is an interesting phenomenon. I know people who've gone to Columbia Graduate School of Journalism solely to break into the New York Times/Wash post markets the school feeds. These were people with decent newspaper credentials elsewhere, they just wanted the contacts to go to the big leagues. Sometimes it works. Another woman I know, though, wound up graduating from Columbia J-school and having to take unpaid documentary producing internships to break into broadcast journalism. So I think the career placement there is hit or miss.

[laurav]

Go to CJR.org, and read "Let's Blame the Readers" for more CJR work. I think it's odd that people were so furious about the Blog-Gate piece but not about that one. Maybe Blog-Gate was just more widely forwarded. But Cornog's assertion that the reason newspaper readership is declining is that potential readers just can't appreciate the product is breathtaking.

[okie01]

Maybe Blog-Gate was just more widely forwarded. But Cornog's assertion that the reason newspaper readership is declining is that potential readers just can't appreciate the product is breathtaking.

I believe you are correct. Blog-Gate was so shallow and absurd it got broad exposure. Cornog's smug little essay richly deserves broader exposure, too. One word comes to mind: obtuse. Has "Let's Blame The Readers" been posted on FR yet? If not, it certainly warrants a spot on the wall...

Given the demonstrated quality of CJR, it's hard for me to believe that a journalism degree from Columbia has any value whatsoever.

Ironic that, as Cornog accuses the public of being ignorant and uneducated, one can so readily classify his credentials as "educated...but ignorant".

[eyespysomething]

I think there was a troll poster on FR a few weeks ago from that college.