They had “myopic zeal,” all right. Myopic zeal to see John Kerry elected.
If it was only myopic zeal for a story, there were plenty of other much better documented and valid stories about which to be myopically zealous, including Christmas in Cambodia, earning a medal for cutting and running, less-than-honorable discharges…the list goes on. They could have had a scoop on those, since no other MSM organization wanted to pursue them either.
But for some reason their “myopic zeal” was confined to only one candidate, just weeks before the election. To think that there was no political bias here would be laughable if it weren’t so tragic.
They had “myopic zeal,” all right. Myopic zeal to see John Kerry elected.
If it was only myopic zeal for a story, there were plenty of other much better documented and valid stories about which to be myopically zealous, including Christmas in Cambodia, earning a medal for cutting and running, less-than-honorable discharges…the list goes on. They could have had a scoop on those, since no other MSM organization wanted to pursue them either.
But for some reason their “myopic zeal” was confined to only one candidate, just weeks before the election. To think that there was no political bias here would be laughable if it weren’t so tragic.
They had “myopic zeal,” all right. Myopic zeal to see John Kerry elected.
If it was only myopic zeal for a story, there were plenty of other much better documented and valid stories about which to be myopically zealous, including Christmas in Cambodia, earning a medal for cutting and running, less-than-honorable discharges…the list goes on. They could have had a scoop on those, since no other MSM organization wanted to pursue them either.
But for some reason their “myopic zeal” was confined to only one candidate, just weeks before the election. To think that there was no political bias here would be laughable if it weren’t so tragic.
On what some think may be the eve of the release of the long-awaited report on Rathergate (though Jim Geraghty is skeptical), Professor Hailey is still trying (laughably) to show that the memos could be real. As one commenter asks, “How debunked does something have to be in order to have nothing debunkable left?”
That’s what Dick Morris says happened in the 2004 election:
The defeat of the networks in the war of CBS versus the bloggers is one of the most dramatic illustrations of this new political dynamic. All of Dan Rather
That’s what Dick Morris says happened in the 2004 election:
The defeat of the networks in the war of CBS versus the bloggers is one of the most dramatic illustrations of this new political dynamic. All of Dan Rather
That’s what Dick Morris says happened in the 2004 election:
The defeat of the networks in the war of CBS versus the bloggers is one of the most dramatic illustrations of this new political dynamic. All of Dan Rather
The erosion of the old media establishment probably does entail some shift to the right, if only because so many of the newer voices are more reliably pro-Republican than Mr Rather. But the new media are simply too anarchic and subversive for any single political faction to take control of them. There are plenty of leftish bloggers too: such people helped Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. And the most successful conservative bloggers are far from being party loyalists: look at the way in 2002 that they kept the heat on the Republicans’ then Senate leader, Trent Lott, for racist remarks that the New York Times originally buried. It is a safe bet that, if the current Bush administration goes the way of previous second-term administrations and becomes consumed by scandals, conservative bloggers will be in the forefront of the scandal-mongering.
Mr Rather’s passing does not mean that the liberal orthodoxy is about to give way to a new conservative one. It means that all orthodoxies are being chewed up by a voraciously unpredictable news media, which is surely all to the good.
Fox News is suing the bucktoothed moron for trademark infringement. Looks like they have a pretty good case.
Franken’s ”intent is clear to exploit Fox News’ trademark, confuse the public as to the origins of the book and, accordingly, boost sales of the book,” the suit said.
Calls to Penguin and Franken’s publicist were not immediately returned. The book is due out next month.