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The Truth Is…
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... Republicans who took offense at this lie and refused to vote for the bailout! What? It’s not the liar, but the victims of the lie who are to blame? There is more at the link. The moral decrepitude of the press is shocking to see. They have descended to depths that are positively Nixonian. Yet, they are happy about it, because there is no one to hold them accountable. Instead, we are presented with garbage like Joe Klein’s incessant whining that John McCain is mean to him. (h/t Power Line )
The End of Journalism As We Knew It
USS Neverdock —
Powerline remarks on a post I linked to yesterday. "But the mainstream media--which is to say, most reporters and editors who work for "mainstream" news organizations--have no honor and are not interested in truth. They are, as Card says, "the public relations machine of the Democratic Party." It's time to accept that fact and move on. Our existing news organizations--the New York Times, the Associated Press, NBC, CNN, CBS, and so on--can't be reformed, they can only be ignored. It is time for conservatives, libertarians, ...
Media's finest
Mudville Gazette —
... treating it as a vast scandal. "Housing-gate," no doubt. Or "Fannie-gate."
Instead, it was Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, both Democrats, who denied that there were any problems, who refused Bush administration requests to set up a regulatory agency to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and who were still pushing for these agencies to go even further in promoting sub-prime mortgage loans almost up to the minute they failed.
It's The End of Journalism As We Knew It
It's no wonder Drudge ...
Picking a Fight with Power Line
Galley Slaves —
... First, John Hinderaker links to something by Orson Scott Card and notes, "I'm not familiar with columnist Orson Scott Card." Of course Card isn't really a "newspaper columnist"--he's a pretty grand sci-fi writer and--most importantly--author of Ultimate Iron Man series 1 and 2. For shame, Hindrocket! ...
Obamedia Update
Wizbang —
... . John Hinderaker had the best line, "Maybe Rush should try to blow up the Capitol and the Pentagon. Then instead of being a terrorist, liberals would call him an education reformer." In another post at Powerline , John says the media is too far gone to be reformed and the only way conservatives will get fair treatment is to start their own competing news organizations: But the mainstream media--which is to say, most reporters and editors who work for "mainstream" news organizations--have no honor and are not interested in truth. They are, as Card says, "the public relations ...
LACK OF CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
Dr. Sanity —
... ...or, as Power Line argues, this lack of curiosity may well signal the end of journalism as we know it. John quotes Orson Scott Card's ...
