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

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

[Hunton Peck]

ROFL!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

So, have you received any Christmas cards from Rather lately?

[Natural Born 54]

Charles did a nice job on that morphing animation but I can just see him gnashing his together that Free Republic was getting all the attention. And that was before he morphed himself into a moonbat.

[Natural Born 54]

that would be “gnashing his TEETH together”.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

BEST picture of Helen I’ve seen ... should be used from now on!!!

No picture of Helen Thomas should ever be used! At least, not in the presence of children and faint-hearted adults!

If photos of "Her Ugliness" are used, disclaimers must accompany the photo. i.e.: Looking at this photo can cause nightmares, uncontrollable shaking and sweats, buggy eyes, vomiting, etc.

[McGavin999]

Yep, the new media is the pamphleteers of old.

[sirchtruth]

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

[mojitojoe]

That is NOT a nose, that’s a beak.

[MonicaG]

Whoah - another hideous angle. In this one she looks like Soros’ ugly sister or something. Extra-creepy.

[billhilly]

“those with cell-phones believe they are photographers and that the opinions of these people can ruin the lives of public and political figures.”

The bottom line of her complaint is the loss of the power to ruin lives. That is what the big media loved about their power. I wonder if the old hag remembers Richard Nixon.

[Natural Born 54]

[Outlaw Woman]

This may interest you *ping* (Would love to hear some recollection from you...not a member at the time but this makes me proud.)

"...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”

[onyx]

I was here that night. I remember.

[jellybean]

I was following along after I got home from work that night.

Here is Buckhead's first response.

[Bean Counter]

[GOPJ]

ping

[Outlaw Woman]

How interesting. Did you know that buckhead was working on the exposure? It’s just so fantastic to talk to people who ‘were a part’ of FR at that time!

[GOPJ]

I was here that night too...

[Outlaw Woman]

Wow....Just WOW I'm reading the link(s) and it is absolutely engrossing (one of the links so far no longer is available (NY Post). FR is part of history... Thanks very much JB for providing the background.

[jellybean]

The link was actually supplied by TwelveOfTwenty in post #2 on this thread. I just “borrowed” it. :)