And they don't represent me. I didn't know that David Gregory was my proxy (or even that he fantasized that he was), but if so, I revoke it too.

In fact, let's start a Google campaign. David Gregory, I revoke my proxy.

I would just like to know how his communication is better...being rude and stupid isn't better than waiting a day in my mind.

Er, proxie -> proxy.

Pardon me, Mr. Gregory, but your outright arrogance is showing.

he didnt say he was a proxy, he said the white house press corps was. i believe it is the accepted way of releasing information to the public, so i dont really see whats wrong with that. and he didnt select himself to the WH press corps.

however, its not that important that the information wasnt released promptly. whats more important (and suspicious) is that the sheriff wasnt allowed to interview cheney until ~15 hrs later.

I move that all reporters henceforth be elected rather than selected.

Early indications are Brit Hume in a landslide.

however, its not that important that the information wasnt released promptly. whats more important (and suspicious) is that the sheriff wasnt allowed to interview cheney until ~15 hrs later.

Still way better than Ted Kennedy. How long before he sobered up and called the police?

Oh, and do you know what caps are you *****?

agreed. I dont need a proxy, and even if I did, I dont need a horse faced goon to do the job.

If you are going to bottom feed you should get your facts straight. The sheriff decided he didn't need to send anyone sooner than he did.

Read the news and the sheriff's report.

You guys still care about network TV?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

yeah, and perhaps the sheriffs decision was affected by the fact that he was dealing with the secret service and cheney. most people arent allowed to shoot someone in the face and then wait to talk to the police until they sober up. i still dont see whats objectionable about david gregory's statement. and i think its harder to understand "*****" than it is to understand lowercase letters.

What's really hard is reading your name. Please boost the font size or something.

I think Gregory is absolutely a buffoon, but I'm willing to say he's the proxy of the people subscribing to his network, since the people claiming he's some audience's proxy are tacitly acknowledging that the American free market is, effectively, a second form of democracy entertwined with the first. Giving Gregory "proxy" status is a small price to pay for the Left's conceding the legitimacy of the market mechanism by which he was "elected."

David Gregory and the rest of the White House Press Corp are a bunch of arrogant *****s. I don't care where I get my news, why do they think it being handed to them is the "accepted" way. In fact, if I were in the administration, I'd pick different small news outlets to release news to... hell, it all gets on the wire soon anyway, but I'd show those jerks on the Press Corp that they certainly aren't the only game in town... it's not like they're doing the Prez any favors as it is. And you're right; the Vice President of the United States isn't like most people. I'm guessing you're a lib who still thinks Clinton should be allowed BJ's at work.

I believe that the word media comes from the Latin word for between. (See also median, mediate etc.)

Thanks to the internet we are no longer have to have television and newpapers come between us and the news; i.e. between us and reality as it unfolds in time. In addition we now can understand how these historic purveyors of unfolding reality have used their technical skills to distort reality to suit their agenda, both by omission and by commission.

So not only is the White House press corps not a proxy for the public, the historic 'media' is no longer the arbiter of reality because it is no longer between us and reality - it's now just another part of reality that hasn't yet really caught on to that fact.

Um,

I would much rather get all my news from Hume lobbing softballs and licking the shoes of this administration. Now that is quality reporting, no spin zone, no bias, yep.

Um,

I would much rather get all my news from Hume lobbing softballs and licking the shoes of this administration. Now that is quality reporting, no spin zone, no bias, yep.

I think we need to have some differentiation in the area of "softball" questioning. It seems like at least since Watergate, it's become reporter chic to be hardnosed and ask brash hardball questions in a rather confrontational tone. The concept was that that's how you dig out the truth. It may have worked way back when, but the politicians and their communications staff have adapted accordingly and now fairly effectively avoid answering those kinds of questions, with the result being that we rarely get any information beyond what the officials originally intended to release. Hume's less confrontational and more conversational style allows him to get more substantive answers because his interviewees aren't on defense from repeated barrages of pointed questions. So, while his style may appear to be softball or powederpuff or whatever you want to call it, it's more effective than the old game from the rest of the pack. It's not softball and it's not hardball, it's more like inside baseball.

Why don't you accept trackbacks from Blogger URLs?

You don't even accept comments from people with blogs on b l o g s p o t. Nor do you allow that name to be mentioned. Why is that? (If this is not deliberate, then please fix it. If it is deliberate, then an explanation easily findable for the front page would probably be a good idea, because I can't be the first to have this question.)

I'd like the cell number or direct communication with my proxy please

Because that way I could tell my "proxy" what information I think is important right?

I mean the proxy surely is interested in what the "people"want, right? So where do I send my priority list
since Gregory my guy

I don't accept trackbacks or comments from blogs*spot URLs because it's become the source of a great deal of comment/trackback spam. I recommend that people get their own domains if they're serious about blogging, because Blogger doesn't seem motivated to do much about it.

David Gregory hung himself out to dry. He bowed up and set himself up as spokesman for the WH Press Corpse. I bet that pleases the rest of the Corpse immensely. (that wasn't a misspelling)

I am positive if I shot a friend while hunting that my first reaction would not be, "Oh My God!! I've just shot someone, I have to call the news media!!" Only the media pukes think like that. If Gregory had been the shooter do you suppose this would have been his thought process?

As far as law enforcement notification, in many places, including Texas I suppose, (clarification Texans?) if someone shows up at the ER with a gun shot wound, the ER staff is required to call the local constabulary. So I am not so sure of the 15 hours I keep hearing batted around.

Time for him to sober up? Paahhlleease!

The meme that "Cheney was drunk" was deliberately started by Lawrence O'Donnell, with no supporting evidence whatever. Mr. O'Donnell admitted this himself, or rather bragged about it, during an interview with Hugh Hewitt. (I don't have a link, but I think the transcript is on radioblogger.com.)

While we're at it, let's revoke our proxy with Jonathan Alter, too:

"Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted twice-weekly press conferences and transformed the idea of accountability in Washington. Politicians have felt obligated to accept the press as proxy for the public ever since."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11434566/site/newsweek/

mary- nobody made up the cheney is drunk meme. its a really obvious speculation.

steve- yes the authorities were notified soon after, but they were not allowed to speak to cheney until the day after (about 15 hrs later).

yeah, and perhaps the sheriffs decision was affected by the fact that he was dealing with the secret service and cheney.

Or not. Speculation is fun but unless you are the Sheriff you just don't know.

I may be biased but I can't see a Texas lawman disuaded from doing his job by the Federal Government.

Sorry, but I don't even need the entire White House Press Corp proxy. I place my own vote every 4 years. David Gregory only wishes he could usurp that authority and grant it to the White House Press Corp.

Speaking of revoking proxies, what does it take to revoke Helen Thomas's press credentials.

...what does it take to revoke Helen Thomas's press credentials.

At this point, probably an act of God. I think she's had them since the Jefferson administration. In fact, someone should go back and see how she covered the Alexander Hamilton shooting and compare it with her coverage of the Cheney hunting accident to see if she's fair and balanced.

Hey, that's not nice, she's not that old. Besides she was equally harsh on John Wilkes Booth.

That's only because she thought that nice Mister Lincoln was a spitting image of herself.