Maureen Dowd not wanted here

The Lufkin Daily News ^ | 5/30/03 | MARC R. MASFERRER

[No Truce With Kings]

"I don't know about the paper but the town remains heavily Democrat surrounded by Republicans."

Typical of life behind the Pine Curtain -- especially if factories are part of the mix, which they are in Lufkin. But I think non-public sector unions and blue collar are about to flip Republican, anyway.

[Laverne]

Thanks for this great post; I'm going to request my local paper, the Tampa Trib do the same in a letter to the editor. I have had two of my letters published recently, and hopefully I'll have a third soon. Thanks again.

[lonestar]

You might have noticed 18-wheelers pulling trailers with "LUFKIN" on the back.

Guess where they're made?

[Tamzee]

Yippee, Lufkin Daily News! Integrity in journalism... it's a beautiful thing :-)

[small_l_libertarian]

I love the smell of burning liberals in the evening. Smells like victory.

[AnAmericanMother]

. . . to save himself trouble . . .

. . . never mind. :-D

[The KG9 Kid]

Lufkin, Texas?

[Russell Scott]

It's not easy removing venom from a snake.

[Doctor Raoul]

Mo Dowd gets a "journalistic time out" so she can think about her "Journalist Lewinsky".

Amazing how the Democrats got all that mileage out of one pity poke from Michael Douglas.

[ontos-on]

"Maureen Dowd is a nitwit whose girlish effusions . . ."

Says it all. Dowd is a mean, spiteful, envious little girl---mistakenly put into a position to emote on the issues of the day. That mistake should be corrected. It is part of the NY Liberal's weakness for just this type of woman that is at the heart of much of their dysfunctional ideology. [for another eg., see Dowd's predecessor, Anna Quinlan.

[ladyinred]

Good one! Hope Ms. Dowdy read it too!

[ontos-on]

How does "cardianal tents" and "naval gazing" get past a copy editor?

It really does show how low is the educational level in our country---even of people writing professionally for a newspaper. This is really dismaying. It is not even funny. It really discredits the intelligence of the writer as well as the editing function at the paper.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Wow.. a NEWSpaper that will not CONDONE a reporter or Columnist taking quotes out of context.. WHODATHUNKIT??

[cspackler]

I hear you...
I sent a comment to the Austin American Statesman yesterday concerning an error that I found in an article posted here on FR. They had labelled a democrat State Senator as a Republican. I received a reply this morning from the "editor", and this is it, unalterred (with the exception of my name, anyway...)...

Mr. xxxxx,

You're right, we got it wrong. I'll get a correction in for tomorrow's paper.
Thanks for point that out.

Juan Elizondo
State Editor

[Paul_B]

An excellent response by the editor. I'm delighted that word of this infraction is spreading far and wide. When criticism of the Times reaches the Daily News, something is indeed up. Thanks for posting. I hope this editor stops by here to see our appreciation.

[jackbill]

Yippee, Lufkin Daily News! Integrity in journalism... it's a beautiful thing :-)

Do like I did. Send them a letter to the editor commending them. Can't hurt.

[maxwellp]

The New York Times was once "a serious newspaper". I stopped reading it some years ago when it went from just a newspaper to a liberal rag. Howell Raines, Maureen Dowd, etc. contributed to the Times' fall into the sewer. Like many liberals, they never took into account everyday Americans who said "What the heck is going on with this newspaper?" Jayson Blair knew he worked for a rotten paper, took advantage and will probably bury the NYT - and that's okay with me.

[Tamzee]

Will do! I sent letters yesterday to the two papers who used her mutilated "quote" to bash Bush themselves... no response, though LOL

[ThanhPhero]

Naval gazing??

Are they slamming our military again?

Meditating on gray.

[ThanhPhero]

How about all of us writing Lufkin Daily News and letting them know how impressed we are with their stand on Maureen Dowd?

and with their proofreading.