Posted on 05/01/2010 9:08:11 AM PDT by Notwithstanding
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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Absolutely .. and I bet if there had been cameras in the board rooms .. we would have seen a lot of “deer in the headlights” looks.
Awesome!!!
And .. if I remember correctly, it was Brit Hume (of Fox News) who gave FreeRepublic.com the full credit for the exposure - by saying, “Let’s give credit where credit’s due”.
I think we could get in trouble with PETA with that dog LOL!
Speaking of old times, I miss Hume and Tony Snow on FNSunday. That was a GREAT show if you wanted to learn something.
Thanks, again, to Buckhead.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!
I’ve often thought that Brit must be a regular lurker on this site. His ‘grapevine’ on Special Report almost always had an item or two I’d already read about here.
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.Thanks Notwithstanding.
All the great ones lurk here or have staff that do.
surprised nobody had posted this already...
They should do carbon dating on Helen Thomas to see how ancient she really is.
Historic kudos to Buckhead !
Historic kudos to Buckhead !
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Good writing, and that’s something else the old media is missing. To be honest, the new media is very much like the original media of this country....
Who doesn’t remember that morphing graphic !!!!
BEST picture of Helen I’ve seen ... should be used from now on!!!
Consider the profound meaning of this statement. The mainstream media actually sees itself as propagandists for the regime. It is their job to spin, tell lies and promote a political agenda.
They are here to do the bidding of their master: President Barack Hussein Obama.
Mmmmmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
That is certainly true. And, to be sure, the original media was filled with
polemics (e.g. Coulter)
emotional appeals to truth (e.g. Beck)
strident American exceptionalsim (e.g. Limbaugh and Levin) clever humor (all)
populism (e.g. Hannity and O’Reilly) and
appeals to religious truth (e.g. Ingraham and Beck).
Everything old is new again....
I tell ya, if the dust mites stopped holding hands she’d fall apart.
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