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“When I see flags sprouting on official lapels, I think of the time in China when I saw Mao’s Little Red Book on every official’s desk, omnipresent and unread. -- Bill Moyers on PBS’s Now

"I think if Kerry were to win this in a tight race, I think there would be an effort to mount a coup, quite frankly." -- Bill Moyers from PBS's Now show

Is this guy the biggest idiot on TV or what?

My favorite is still:

Boston Globe reporter Charles Pierce won a National Headliner Award, in the category “newspaper magazine writing,” for story titled, “Deconstructing Ted.” In that January 5, 2003 piece, Pierce effused: “If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator, Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age.”

The World Trade Center was bombed in 1993, Bubba Klintoon never read the daily report prepared for him by the CIA, Bubba got rolled by the North Koreans, Bubba sold us out to the Chinese for campaign money, and al-Quaeda continued to attack us all through the 90's, but Bubba never had his shot at greatness or leadership?

Chrissy Boy Matthews is an idiot.

"There is, Hugh, I agree with you, a deep anti-military bias in the media. One that begins from the premise that the military must be lying, and that American projection of power around the world must be wrong. I think that that is a hangover from Vietnam, and I think it's very dangerous. That's different from the media doing its job of challenging the exercise of power without fear or favor." -- ABC's Terry Moran

I happen to agree with this one 100%. And it isn't just the American media who take this position. Notice how quickly the emphasis changed once the actual reports from the embedded journalists were no longer headline news.

How about that one from the Boston Globe before the election (March 2004?): they quoted Kerry as saying many foreign leaders supported him, and Kerry made a lot of speeches to that effect, then I believe no less than Colin Powell said, ok, let's have those names, then all of a sudden the Boston Globe reports again, oops, ah, we transcribed the tape wrong, he said "more leaders" not "foreign leaders" -- AFTER KERRY HAD BEEN DEFENDING THE COMMENT FOR DAYS AND DAYS.

Interview (Unrelated miscellany, except check out third question from the bottom)

National Journal’s Hotline Blogometer talks to conservative blogger “Polipundit,” the anonymous founder (despite what he/she says below) of the very popular GOP-leaning blog PoliPundit.

What is your full name?
Barry Goldwater

What is your age?
30

Where did you grow up?
Somewhere on the Asian continent.

Where do you live now?
Bellevue, WA

What is your occupation? Have you ever worked on a political campaign or for the mainstream media?
Software geek. And no.

When did you start blogging and why?
Just before election 2002. Got tired of e-mailing friends and family. My first big post was a stunningly accurate analysis of how the election would turn out.

What has been your favorite post, or favorite story to write about, in that time?
John Kerry’s SF-180.

Describe your typical blogging schedule. And what is your average output?
Blog a few posts every morning.

Who is your favorite political blogger? Favorite non-political blogger?
Mickey Kaus. And what is this “non-political blogger” you speak of?

Who is your favorite mainstream media columnist?
Michael Barone

What is your favorite television news program, either network or cable?
“Special Report with Brit Hume”

What MSM-produced websites (i.e. newspapers, magazines) do you visit on a daily basis?
Slate, OpinionJournal.com

What non-MSM websites (i.e. blogs) do you visit on a daily basis?
Free Republic, National Review.

How often, or do you ever, read a newspaper in its dead-tree (i.e. print) form?
What’s a “newspaper"?

How do you see the new media and old media affecting and influencing each other in the next five years?
Dinosaurs and asteroids. Nuff said.

-- PoliPundit