[lbryce]

I thought every day was an unhappy day at the Washington Post. for years now.

While I've chosen to reconfigure the original words posted in the body of the thread as published in the article above and in my comments below, replaced with the safe version of "f*ck" so as not to offend anyone, clicking onto the direct link to the quote will not provide the same protection. "f*ck tim russert f*ck him with a spiky acid-tipped dick" that Weigel would do an excellent and balanced job of reporting on conservatives, even understood that it was hiring a liberal, and not a conservative (Ben Smith has more on this aspect of the controversy), the issue in the newsroom today is, How did the Post come to this?

[grey_whiskers]

"I'm not suggesting that many people on the paper don't lean left, but there's leaning left, and then there's behaving like an idiot, but I repeat myself." /Mark Twain>

Ha! Top *that* ! ;-)

[tutstar]

bump

[GeronL]

How does his writing differ much from any other “journalism” these days?

[Clara Lou]

How did the Post come to this? I’d suggest that it is, in a way, a microcosm of our society: lowered standards.

[hometoroost]

The irony is that Mr. Weigel would probably be the first to bend your ear about the danger to “professional” journalism presented by bloggers and other amateur writers on the Internet. Maybe he thinks they all behave as badly as he does.

[edzo4]

it always cracks me up that the left hates drudge when all he does is post links to other news articles usually in liberal newspapers

[dsc]

Gee, a rabid, brain-dead, lockstep-leftist moron writing for the Washington Compost?

Hooda thunkit?

[oyez]

pab·lum (păbˈləm) noun

Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: “We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope” (Julie Salamon).

Origin: From Pablum.

Pab·lum (păbˈləm)

A trademark used for a bland soft cereal for infants.

Weigel is beieved to be the inventer.

....then there's behaving like an idiot... How about simply being an idiot?

[Clint N. Suhks]

“some level of standards”

Libtards have no standards except maybe double standards, and most don’t even have those. What do you expect when their Modus Operandi is “by any means necessary”!

[Interesting Times]

I love how the Atlantic bends over backwards to distinguish the Post’s judicious leftist propagandists from their potty-mouthed leftist propagandists.

[TopQuark]

The author is far behind the times. For several decades Americans were taught to feel and take a stand. Where have you seen a suggestion that one had to be wise. Look at the networks and newspapers: do they report even what their intelligence permits?

This hiring is therefore but a tiny step in miles-long path: as USUAL, they hired a party hack, someone who was sure to bash the conservative movement. Since when does bashing require intelligence?

The author thus intelligently ponders a stupid question.

[bray]

These so called wordsmiths sound more like DUmmies than professionals. Do they really think throwing Fbombs is creative? What a Maroon!

Pray for America

[Doc Savage]

I spoke with Abraham Lincoln last night and he was NOT pleased with the current state of affairs. Honest!

[Starboard]

"How could we destroy our standards by hiring a guy stupid enough to write about people that way in a public forum?"

You can't destroy standards that don't exist. I know a guy who works for the Wash Post and openly admits that the "newspaper" is a joke. He's only there for the paycheck.

[Tzimisce]

Big Media will soon be bailed out with billions of dollars of your money.

Have a nice day.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Ezra Klein

Hey WP

fire him too!!!

“the Post, which was advised by its star blogger, Ezra Klein (who once advised parties unknown, via his Twitter account, to “f*ck tim russert. f*ck him with a spiky acid-tipped dick”):

BTW, You aren’t fit to clean his shoes, scum.

[Zeppo]

but there's leaning left, and then there's behaving like an idiot...

Also known as "a distinction without a difference"...

[CygnusTheSwan]

To quote Weigel:

“HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.”
“Deep breath.”
“HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHA.”


Good riddance to a sack of crap.

[norwaypinesavage]

Ben Smith: "There's a broader debate in journalism right now over whether reporters should strive for neutrality at all, or whether they should bring their own views and experiences into their writing...most of us at POLITICO, are the former. I'm on Journolist(sic), Klein's off-record listserv; I also get in on private conservative conversations (when they'll have me.)"

Why does such a great (self-described) neutral reporter have no problem getting on liberal sites but only get on conservative sites "when they'll have me"? Methinks your liberalism is showing, Mr. Smith.

[Soothesayer9]

Sounds like something on Digg. Or Reddit.