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Politico 'Hearts' Left-Wing Blog Think Progress; Says Glenn Beck is Blog’s New Target
Newsbusters ^ | October 11, 2009 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 10/11/2009 8:21:36 PM PDT by Rufus2007

If there was any question which side of the ideological blogosphere a lot of the inside-the-beltway media establishment go to regularly, Politico may have just cleared that up.

In an Oct. 11 Politico story headlined "Think Progress makes its mark," which was the top story on its Web site that evening, Daniel Libit paid reverence to the left-wing Center for American Progress' Think Progress blog.

"Can a liberal blog launched in the midst of the Bush era - a blog that once obsessed over Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove and the outing of Valerie Plame - still make its mark in the age of Obama?" Libit wrote. "In the case of Think Progress, the answer so far is yes."

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Anybody here think that Think Progress is an essential part of the American democracy? Me neither.
1 posted on 10/11/2009 8:21:37 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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To: Rufus2007

There are a lot of us who have been saying that Politico is not a friend of conservatives and cannot be trusted.

Anytime I see the word “Think Progress” or “Progressive” I think ultra liberal.


2 posted on 10/11/2009 8:24:06 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: Rufus2007

I was cricizing them and their parent organization before most people had ever heard of them:

http://24ahead.com/s/thinkprogress

http://24ahead.com/s/center-american-progress

As you can see from the first link, I was banned from their site (under one screen name) in 2006. I’ve since left a dozen or two comments under a different screen name. I very rarely see more than one other critic.

In order to have an impact, you have to actually help out.


3 posted on 10/11/2009 8:30:32 PM PDT by lonewacko_dot_com
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To: PhiKapMom

You are spot on.

Interesting how many FReepers keep posting Politico
articles to split Republicans & anti Palin, all from
either Democrat or Romney supporter writers.

Politico is usually the tool of the Third Party FReepers
using liberal talking points to prove their own agenda


4 posted on 10/11/2009 8:33:05 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: SoCalPol
I wasn't familiar with Politico, but I thought I had heard Rush mention them from time to time and saw them referenced here a number of times. Every time I have checked them out or read comments on their pages, I thought I was at Huffington Post. Politico conservative????? Not from my observations.
5 posted on 10/11/2009 8:51:17 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: PhiKapMom

Politico is a liberal rag.


6 posted on 10/11/2009 8:54:26 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Rufus2007

You can have Beck when you pry him from my cold, dead mind!!!


7 posted on 10/11/2009 8:56:40 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.)
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To: Rufus2007; PhiKapMom; SoCalPol; All
The Politico is a publication of Capitol News Company, LLC, a division of Allbritton Communications Company

snips = please read entire at link above - very revealing

"The Politico's "publisher, Robert L. Allbritton, 37, scion of the banking and media family that once owned the defunct Washington Star.

Allbritton "is best known for following his father, Joe L. Allbritton, as chief executive of the Riggs Bank, which was sold in 2004 after a Senate investigation found that Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the late Chilean dictator, had kept millions of dollars in secret accounts at Riggs. (!!!!!)

Robert Allbritton has been chairman and chief executive of Allbritton Communications, which owns television stations in Washington and a half dozen other markets, since 2001," Rowland wrote.

The Politico and politico.com, based in Arlington, Virginia, was launched January 23, 2007 , the date of President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, "with the mission of covering the politics of Capitol Hill and of the presidential campaign, and the business of Washington lobbying and advocacy with enterprise, style, and impact," its website states.

"The Politico has signed partnerships with all-news WTOP-103.5 FM as well as CBS, which will feature its stories and reporters on 'Face the Nation' and other CBS news programs. In addition, the startup will have its own 30-minute TV show that will air weekdays on NewsChannel 8, a sister Allbritton property whose newsroom it shares with [ABC News in Washington, D.C.] WJLA-TV (Channel 7).

"The newspaper will publish 30,000 copies to be distributed free of charge three days a week while Congress is in session, and one day a week during recess. The Web site, which also will be free, plans to be rich in video and is aimed at readers across the country," Kara Rowland reported January 22, 2007, in The Washington Times.

8 posted on 10/11/2009 9:07:21 PM PDT by elizabethgrace (I pray for our military, our Republic, Bibi and Israel.)
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To: faucetman

Your observations are correct. Good comments.
To bad some FReepers are not more ethical.


9 posted on 10/11/2009 9:28:39 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: elizabethgrace

Good rundown eg.
Always good to spot out the sources.
A giveaway where the poster is headed.


10 posted on 10/11/2009 9:30:18 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: SoCalPol
YOU NAILED THAT ONE very nicely !

I often wonder about connection between Politico and Soros .

A pack of former Wash Compost leftist responsible for the George Allen MACCA smear suddenly had all this money to start this huge Internet site ??????
While Sorso was supposed trying to set up a new left wing new group to manipulate the media.
Gee I wonder why came out of that Soros Plan??????

11 posted on 10/11/2009 11:14:55 PM PDT by ncalburt (San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
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To: elizabethgrace

Thanks.
The timing of this supposed new political website and the recent Dem party gains seem more than a coincidence to me ?
The Politico team are all hard left Dc insiders formerly of the Compost or TIME or New Republic.
These connection to Think Progress and the Soros front groups tell us all we need to know.


12 posted on 10/11/2009 11:23:13 PM PDT by ncalburt (San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
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To: faucetman

Rush calls them hard left and part of the Obama state media.


13 posted on 10/11/2009 11:24:12 PM PDT by ncalburt (San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
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To: Rufus2007

Politico reminds me of The Hill....bland on the outside but red on the inside

...founded by WashPo sluts wasn’t it?

hell, freepers being how they are (yep I include myself) do stupid stuff all the time and blabber uninformed and go off on tirades espousing “facts” even from Mother Jones or The Nation if it suits their perspective


14 posted on 10/11/2009 11:25:33 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: elizabethgrace

Thanks for the info!


15 posted on 10/12/2009 8:37:36 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: KC_Conspirator; SoCalPol

You guys are both right — liberal!


16 posted on 10/12/2009 8:43:12 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: ncalburt

Yes, you can see how they work when they cut George Allen off at the knees.
Am glad more are getting wise


17 posted on 10/12/2009 12:38:59 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: SoCalPol; faucetman
Yeah, I heard about Politico from Rush too, so I checked them out, even signed up for a login.

They started to lose me when McCain was pushed so hard at the start of the primaries. They totally lost me when they started running Obama banner ads.

Other than from a "know thine enemy" viewpoint, I do not find them to be much of a source of good commentary.

18 posted on 10/12/2009 3:15:30 PM PDT by altair (I hope he fails)
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