What would anyone at Newsweek know about what "legitimate publications" are interested in or not? Compared to Newsweek, the National Enquirer is a "legitimate publication."
Posted on 05/08/2010 6:40:14 PM PDT by lowbridge
One of the worst ways that the lack of ideological diversity in America's newsrooms shows forth is in the media's treatment of sensational accusations against the current president.
Oftentimes, explosive allegations against presidents are either untrue or drastically overstated: George W. Bush deliberately lying to get the U.S. to war so he can cash in or deliberately ignoring Hurricaine Katrina due to his hatred of black people (a la Kanye West), Bill Clinton's supposed involvment in the drug trade, so on and so forth.
Journalists do the public a service by rebutting absurd conspiracy theories and wacko charges. In recent memory, though, they have taken a much greater zeal toward stamping out allegations against Democrats, particularly President Obama, a stark contrast to the kidglove or even promotional attitude they took toward books by liberal authors alleging all sorts of anti-Bush absurdities.
World Net Daily-affiliated author Aaron Klein recently discovered this when he sent his new book, "The Manchurian President," to members of the media he hoped would review it. He got some very angry responses. Here are some of the more colorful ones:
"Never, ever contact me again," wrote Time Magazine senior writer Jeffrey Kluger.
Newsweek deputy editor Rana Foroohar quipped,"This is sensational rubbish that is of no interest to any legitimate publication."
"Absolute crap," replied Evelyn Leopold, a Huffington Post contributor who served for 17 years as U.N. bureau chief for Reuters until recently.
Nancy Gibbs, editor-at-large for Newsweek, fired, "Remove me from your list."
David Knowles, AOL's political writer, responded, "seriously, get a life."
Ben Wyskida, publicity director for The Nation, claimed Klein's book is "so offensive" and "so far afield."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
These journalists have all been drinking the Kool Aid.. They are closed to any viable options or alternatives.
They’re just pi$$ed that it came out NOW before their publications after Obozo’s reign.
100 weeks on the NY Times best seller list, if the NY Times is in business that long.
Did you really expect any different?
Has the New York Times run a review of Hannity’s last book yet? Levin’s? Jonah Goldberg’s? Coulter’s?
The media does not hide their bias at all anymore.
>> Journalists do the public a service by rebutting absurd conspiracy theories and wacko charges.
Rather unsure about that.
Sarah Palin’s book attracted 11 fact checkers from the Associated Press alone. Do these guys really have no interest in reviewing this book?
As if the book needs to be reviewd by any of those publications. I think people who are interested will read it
IIRC the elite media dissed the Enquirer for the Breck Girl expose with whackjob Rielle. It’s quite possible that if that story broke on the mainstream, Hillary wins Iowa and Baraq is still a senator from Illinois.
That said, if no one in the MSM is going to read it, review it, and/or debunk it, then I am more inclined to believe that this book hits close to the truth..
/sarc That's why the lame-stream media never promoted abusrd conspiracy theories and wacko charges against George Bush.
Oh wait..
They do not want their audience/readers to even know about the book.
Its Not Just Journalist,Many Americans on the Left Believe the same crap.I know a Former National Guard Officer who actually espouses this same crap that Obamas Great and the President Bush Lied To get us fighting in Iraq.
I tell you these People are NUTS and they will not accept a Fact if it were shown to them engraved in Stone.
I was thinking of getting this book.
Now I’m DEFINITELY getting it!
I guess there must have been something in the book about how
MARXIST have taken over the MSM, as well as the Whitehouse.
“The Manchurian President: Barack Obama’s Ties to Communists, Socialists and Other Anti-American Extremists” [Hardcover]
Aaron Klein (Author), Brenda J. Elliott (Author)
I would advertize it as “THE BOOK THE MEDIA WAS AFRAID TO REVIEW!!!”
Isn’t the implication that the people who rejected to publish reviews did read it or at least skim it?
That may be the best thing to have happened to the book, as far as sales are concerned. It's already sold-out on Amazon, and currently outselling every single liberal book on Amazon, including all the pro-0bama books.
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