Helen Thomas: The Last Defiant Roar Of the Old Media Dinosaurs [FR buckhead incident mentioned]

BigJournalism.com ^ | 5/1/2010 | Kevin L Martin

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Helen Thomas simply longs for the days when reporters and pundits could report spin, lies and opinion as fact and were never held accountable outside of page A-16 retractions.

The new media’s finest moment came when in 2004 CBS’s Dan Rather attempted to influence a national election (much like his predecessor Walter Cronkite did with the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive), but unlike then, now there is a new media filled with grassroots activists who were going to hold the old media accountable and one of those activists on the Conservative Site Free-Republic under the handle “Buckhead,” was able to expose Rather’s “official documents” concerning Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard as forgeries. Rather eventually lost his job as a result.

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I look forward to seeing that nice German shepherd photo soon...

[martin_fierro]

PI^NG

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FR mentioned prominently.

[IncPen]

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard [post 47]

[gunsequalfreedom]

Wasn't that a great time when FR exposed Dan Rather's "th" in the memo. I learned more about the IBM Selectric typewriter during that time than I thought I would ever know.

We had FReepers that are experts in type fonts, the selectric typewriter ball configuations and varientions and everything else about the selectric adding to the discussion. He he!

[Mac from Cleveland]

When she longs for the days of the dinosaurs-she’s speaking literally.......

[Just A Nobody]

Great article Kevin!

[Tribune7]

Nice job

[AU72]

Wasn't that a great time when FR exposed Dan Rather's "th" in the memo.

And watching Dan Rather driving the TANG train at full speed not knowing that we took the approaching bridge out.

[wastedyears]

I thought her kind died out millions of years ago.

[Mac from Cleveland]

"Helen's right. Those right-wing bloggers chewed me up faster than a fat boy eating a buttermilk biscuit at the barn raising supper".......

BWAHAHAHAHA!

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thanks for the “new media legacy” ping

[DejaJude]

Wasn't that a great time when FR exposed Dan Rather's "th" in the memo.

It certainly was.

[JDW11235]

That was so funny. Thanks.

[fullchroma]

Great article! (Love Breitbart’s BIGs.)

[Loud Mime]

The fact that the media itself didn’t run Rather off the airwaves and printer, tells us something about their total lack of character and objectivity.

[gunsequalfreedom]

And watching Dan Rather driving the TANG train at full speed not knowing that we took the approaching bridge out.

Very well said. You just put a big smile on my face. That sums up very well what was taking place on FR at the time. Wasn't it fun to watch!

[Doogle]

"don't show da face, don't show da face,don't show da face"

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...somewhere a dog howls...