In TierneyWorld, Liberals Block Young, Right-thinking Journos

Editor & Publisher ^ | 11/21/05 | Greg Mitchelle

[baystaterebel]

Are journalism-school faculties hotbeds of liberalism, and should colleges take steps to address this? John Tierney, the self-described libertarian/contrarian columnist for The New York Times, certainly thinks so--or so he said in a recent column, which drew a wide response from readers.

Tierney is not entirely wrong, of course, but one should keep in mind that this is the man who, this past summer, dubbed the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal "Nadagate," saying it featured "a spy who was not endangered, a whistle-blower who did not blow the whistle and was not smeared, and a White House official who has not been fired for a felony that he did not commit." As late as a month ago he was still claiming it added up to "Nada."

[baystaterebel]

Of course Greg would never choose a side in this debate. Ask Steve Lovelady.

[dead]

Are journalism-school faculties hotbeds of liberalism

Does Ted Kennedy smell like whiskey and ass?

[dynachrome]

" whiskey and ass?" Barney Frank?

[saganite]

but one should keep in mind that this is the man who, this past summer, dubbed the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal "Nadagate," saying it featured "a spy who was not endangered, a whistle-blower who did not blow the whistle and was not smeared, and a White House official who has not been fired for a felony that he did not commit." As late as a month ago he was still claiming it added up to "Nada."

That means hw knows what he's talking about. The writer is the one who's deluded.

[Zeppo]

one should keep in mind that this is the man who, this past summer, dubbed the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal "Nadagate," saying it featured "a spy who was not endangered, a whistle-blower who did not blow the whistle and was not smeared, and a White House official who has not been fired for a felony that he did not commit." As late as a month ago he was still claiming it added up to "Nada."

Greg Mitchell is the clueless one here. Tierney was right on target then, and nothing whatsoever has occurred during the past month to counteract Tierney's assessment.

[Zeppo]

Wow, great minds thinking alike, and all that...

[JAWs]

The possibility never seems to occur to Mitchell that young conservative are less eager to enter journalism because they feel overwhelming hostility already in place. Who ants to be besieged every day by the Clymers?

[daviddennis]

Nadagate!

That's beautiful ... and accurate!

I wish I could read that whole column. Does anyone have it?

D

[LibFreeOrDie]

Tierney was right on target then, and nothing whatsoever has occurred during the past month to counteract Tierney's assessment.

In fact, Bob Woodward's recent revelations (and public criticism of the investigation) bolster Tierney's view.

[Unam Sanctam]

Tierney is not entirely wrong, of course, but one should

keep in mind that this is the man who, this past summer, dubbed the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal "Nadagate," saying it featured "a spy who was not endangered, a whistle-blower who did not blow the whistle and was not smeared, and a White House official who has not been fired for a felony that he did not commit." As late as a month ago he was still claiming it added up to "Nada."

I have yet to see anything more than "nada" in Plame kerfuffle.

[Zeppo]

It's apparently part of the NYT's 'Select' service, which costs $$ to read...

[LibertarianInExile]

"There are plenty of conservative students and faculty in journalism schools but they gravitate to the increasingly popular (even dominant) public relations and advertising fields, which pay better and require less inquisitiveness. The 'social reformers' stick with journalism. One j-prof told us, 'Journalism tends to attract wide thinkers — people who are idealistic and not narrow in their beliefs.'"

What a hack. No wonder the MSM is in such trouble. He thinks that conservatives don't listen to or read the MSM because they don't want their IDEAS challenged? No, we don't want REALITY challenged, and we prefer to read and see the facts, not the opinions of leftist 'social reformers' (read 'propagandists'), who, as he admits, cherry pick their sources to fit the story they want to tell.

[Loyalist]

Four years of journalism school killed any desire I might have had to be a journalist.

I get more satisfaction from blogging than I ever did studying for the position in the Canadian press that I once aspired to and never obtained. To my great good fortune!

[NYCVirago]

The possibility never seems to occur to Mitchell that young conservative are less eager to enter journalism because they feel overwhelming hostility already in place. Who ants to be besieged every day by the Clymers?

If the racial breakdown in the j-schools and in the newsroom were as overwhelmingly one-sided as the political breakdown is there, folks like Mitchell would automatically be screaming that the numbers themselves are proof of racism.