Helen Thomas: The Last Defiant Roar Of the Old Media Dinosaurs [FR buckhead incident mentioned]

BigJournalism.com ^ | 5/1/2010 | Kevin L Martin

[Notwithstanding]

Helen Thomas simply longs for the days when reporters and pundits could report spin, lies and opinion as fact and were never held accountable outside of page A-16 retractions.

The new media’s finest moment came when in 2004 CBS’s Dan Rather attempted to influence a national election (much like his predecessor Walter Cronkite did with the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive), but unlike then, now there is a new media filled with grassroots activists who were going to hold the old media accountable and one of those activists on the Conservative Site Free-Republic under the handle “Buckhead,” was able to expose Rather’s “official documents” concerning Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard as forgeries. Rather eventually lost his job as a result.

[Outlaw Woman]

Absolutely invaluable for us newer members. Thank you for providing the historic evidence/thread.

[musicman]

""Helen's right. Those right-wing bloggers chewed me up faster than a fat boy eating a buttermilk biscuit at the barn raising supper"......."

[tsmith130]

I remember that night too. I was glued to that thread. I think I refreshed so often, the F5 key wore off!

[musicman]

"That looks a little, “Fake, but accurate.” "

[driftless2]

Our Big Lib Media constantly proves my point that a half-truth is often worse than an outright lie. Lie enough times and even many sonambulant types will notice them. But only tell half the story, and many people will not see the other side. That has been the left’s biggest crime: not the lies, but only reporting half or part of the story.

[driftless2]

The thoroughly discredited Rather still has a program on HDNet. Big Lib Media says: what scandal?

[MarineBrat]

I thought she looks rather good in this one compared to some others I’ve seen. :) But the fact that there’s a pretty girl next to her to provide contrast (made of actual matter).... well, that’s probably what makes her look so guitly.

[StAnDeliver]

"Conservative Site Free-Republic under the handle “Buckhead,” was able to expose Rather’s “official documents” concerning Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard as forgeries. Rather eventually lost his job as a result."

And we'd like to fisk him all over again!

[StAnDeliver]

"Wasn't that a great time when FR exposed Dan Rather's "th" in the memo. I learned more about the IBM Selectric typewriter during that time than I thought I would ever know."

"They call me ... Nested Glyph!"

[Natural Born 54]

I was lurking on the thread so I was here, too.

[CyberAnt]

I think so too!

[TheWriterTX]

Too funny!

You owe me a new keyboard.

;)

[SevenofNine]

He still does what he is on at 3am in the morning like Montel William Health master

[metmom]

Who’s that next to her?

That isn’t Michelle Malkin, is it?

[MarineBrat]

I don’t think it’s Malkin. She sure is a pretty girl though, which gave me the matter/antimatter idea. I don’t think FR actually has a matter/antimatter ping list, though I do suspect that Horrible Helen might be made of something other than sugar and spice. :)

[Liz]

"Helen's right. Those right-wing bloggers chewed me up faster
than a fat boy eating a buttermilk biscuit at the barn-raising supper."

"Man, my career sank faster than the 300 lb lady in the log-rolling contest."

[ntnychik]

When the Smithsonian adds a digital archive, this post should be the first exhibit!

—Followed in no particular order by the thread spotting the return of the Challenger

The President is at my undisclosed location (Thanksgiving in Iraq)

Posts the morning of the 9/11 attacks.

[txhurl]

LOFL!

[combat_boots]

Attaboy, BUCKHEAD, potlatch, those whose work has exposed the lying enemedia and criminals posing as leaders!

[SunkenCiv]

That only works for stuff younger than 50000 years.