Posted on 03/07/2005 12:05:22 AM PST by John Lenin
This post brings the beginnings of a smile to my face. This week we are mostly rid of Dan Blather. Let the trend continue.
No wonder they're in such bad shape. Snicker.
Oops, I'm criticizing them, something they don't like us to do.
I check 'em 4 times a day...It is dominated by liberals and reflects their voice to a large extent.
For example, Rathergate got very, very little mention when it was noted that the documents were forgeries. Romenesko and the rest of the media was largely silent for days about the forgeries. After CBS admitted they couldn't verify the documents Romenesko and the others got on their high horse and joined in condemning CBS 'cause frankly they were indefensible (or is undefensible?).
That is a very interesting website - I will be checking it often.
Dropping is the new trend for lots of things.
Schadenfreude BUMP!!
bttt
Why bother? The Poynter Institute is just the voice of small "c' communism in Florida.
That "institute" holds controlling stock in the St. Pete Times - a paper with a very leftist orientation.
Though I will admit that there is amusement to be found in the midst of the floundering of the lamestream leaders.
Romenesko? Sure, it's a waste. Pure lib. Pure garbage. But so is the Murky News, as we call it out this way. It too is pure lib, militantly lib, and militantly pro-abortion, pro-alternative-lifestyle, you name it. I mean, militantly, categorically. That's why they can't sell their newspapers as the Dem counties go GOP, unless Ah-nold futzes it all up by handing redistricting over to a bunch of liberal/Dem appointed retired federal judges.
Me neither, espcially when they insult my ideology and intelligence on such a frequent basis.
Or when you've seen what you said distorted and twisted so far out of context that it makes you sick....
I've distrusted and hated reporters ever since the "Brady Bill," when I was interviewed by a KC reporter, Bev Chapman, who kept asking over and over again, "but what's wrong with a waiting period?" I kept saying that it wouldn't stop crimes, and it could potentially keep someone from being able to defend themselves. Finally, after being asked over and over again, I said, "I guess there isn't anything wrong with it, but it won't do anything to make people safer or deter crimes."
All they ran on TV was "I guess there isn't anything wrong with it."
I called the TV station the next day and demanded that they retract it, or at least, show it in context. The person I spoke with said, "Hey, you said it. And there's nothing you can do about it."
I haven't watched that channel's local news since.
Mark
Bravo, Michael Steele! He was very impressive at the Republican convention last year. We are truly blessed to have several strong black conservatives...Steele, Herman Cain, Blackwell of Ohio...and I hope the Republican Party will give them an opportunity to lead. Heaven knows they could take the place of several white RINOs.
The absolutely last guy to "get it" will be Tom Friedman of the New York Times oped page.
The "I man" uses the first person pronoun so often he obviously deep down believes it is really all about him. He is convinced he's a major "player," someone whose advice the world desperately needs.
Friedman, who likes to "explain" the modern world to his readers, doesn't understand that the free market of information and the free market of opinion has devalued him and his New York Times co-workers. People who have regular access to Victor Davis Hanson and Mark Steyn -- two stars of the web who've earned their reputations not by placement on the Times oped but the old fashioned way by thinking and writing well -- find the "I man's" delusions amusing. (Small bet: 90% of Friedman's dead tree readers have never heard of Hanson or Steyn.)
Tom we who live the 21st Century media know what you are and we find you pathetic.
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