Hello Darkness My Old Friend

The Washington Dispatch ^ | February 6th, 2003 | Frank Salvato

[anniegetyourgun]

"...that leads one to believe that her time as an effective journalist has passed and that certainly her ability to at least offer the illusion of being an objective reporter has vanished."

Decades ago.....

[Tijeras_Slim]

Helen needs a ratty overcoat, fuzzy slippers, and a shopping cart full of tin cans to accessorize her mental state.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I honestly believe that the Justice Department should be actively working to break up the big media companies under anti-trust.

Monopoly in the marketplace of ideas is a thousand times more dangerous than monopoly in commerce.

[RooRoobird14]

That hideous old bat literally shows signs of the kind of dementia and other behaviors I've observed in my dad's nursing home.

I think it's WONDERFUL that Helen's petty and nasty personal attacks on President Bush go on the public record. Her daily verbal blow job fantasies about Clinton are even better. The way to deal with darkness and it's slime is to expose it to the light.

[DoctorMichael]

“He is the worst president in all of American history.”

.............she effectively relinquishes her rights to call herself a reporter..........one principle that a genuine journalist must hold most dear is the need and the mandate to report the truth without editorial. There are outlets for commentary, conjecture and editorial.........

[facedown]

His views are entirely his own.

Though shared by many.

[lawgirl]

an "I hate the Sea Hag" BUMP!

[wideawake]

Don't forget the cats. Lots and lots of cats.

[anniegetyourgun]

ROFLSAG! (rolling on floor laughing, splitting a gut!)

[anniegetyourgun]

Yep. And the more kindness/deference the President and Ari show her, the more burning coals they heap upon her head.....publicly. The contrast of their self-control and her wild-eyed bitterness is stark.

[CaptRon]

her transition from actual journalist to the dilapidated, egotistical windbag that we see before us today.

I can't stop chuckling at this!

[WomanofStandard]

Yep. And the more kindness/deference the President and Ari show her, the more burning coals they heap upon her head.....publicly. The contrast of their self-control and her wild-eyed bitterness is stark.

Actually, though I don't get to see the press briefings everyday, the ones I have seen I've loved the way Ari handles her. He is just great in "one upping" her if you will. I have seen him pre-empt her in anticipation and also seen him give an answer to her question with "and what do YOU think Helen?" tacked on the end of his answer. She'd reply of course, and he would say, "That's what I figured you thought" or something to that effect! Once I even heard him start out his answer with, "I know you don't agree with the President Helen, but this is what he believes in this case...." It's obvious that Ari's had her number from the getgo and has had no problems letting the rest of the world see her for who or what she is in his interaction with her!

[Elsie]

Do the D.E.W.

[Elsie]

Amen! to that tagline!

[Elsie]

...the Justice Department should be actively working to break up the big media companies under anti-trust.

Shout it from the rooftops!

[hadnuf]

You REALLY nailed the administration's handling of her. Excellent comments...THANKS!

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Yet, increasingly we are seeing the likes of the Thomas’s, the Rather’s, and the Brokaw’s moving away from simply reporting the news and falling into a pattern of having to inject their opinions into the stories themselves.

From which planet did this guy just arrive?

[SLB]

Helen needs a ratty overcoat, fuzzy slippers, and a shopping cart full of tin cans to accessorize her mental state.

One day several years ago I was walking into the Simthsonian, a lady grabbed the coffee cup I had discarded into a trash can and finished it. She then pushed her grocery cart on up the street. I knew I should have recognized her, now I remember who it was. :-)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

“This is the worst president ever,” she said. “He is the worst president in all of American history.”

With these words of editorialization she effectively relinquishes her rights to call herself a reporter, as do most of the so-called reporters of the modern mainstream media.

Listen, Bud, I have a right to call myself a reporter! It's called "freedom of speech", and it's part of the First Amendment. And if I can do it, so can she. And she can print it in The New York Times if the owner of that paper says she can. That First Amendment thinggy, again.

Which only boils down to the fact that "reporter" is not an exclusive club, except to the extent that you and I sucker for the con that it is. Anyone who accepts a distinction between "talk radio" and "broadcast journalism" is a sucker.