Posted on 09/09/2012 8:27:55 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
“Regarding ‘trolling,’ ” Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack told me via email, “I think the word ‘reporting’ would be better.”* I agree. The Washington Times, the Examiner, and other conservative media were trying to get Democrats on the record on subjects they’d rather ignore and finesse. “The mainstream press had a good amount of coverage on GOP platform's abortion plank,” wrote McCormack, “(which was silent on exceptions and hadn't changed at all from past) so they could talk about abortion in the instance of rape.” The rest of the media skipped out on covering the Democrats’ platform negotiations, and missed out on the story of the Jerusalem planks.
For all the talk about "trolling" (shouldn't that be "trawling" if it comes from the fishing world?) this was a triumph for reporting things that the mainstream media doesn't want to report.
FWIW, apparently "trolling" and "trawling" are both ways of fishing. I can't help thinking, though, that if it weren't for the under-the-bridge-living trolls the term wouldn't have caught on.
The two things about both of the conventions that will stick in the voters minds more than anything else will be the Empty Chair and the Removal of God.
I see many open forums on the internet..
Let them rage.
I agree.
Most of the media are not in the convention hall. They are in portable buildings or perhaps another large permanent building. They write their pieces as if they were in the convention hall In 2000 I saw this myself. Most media is just reporting what C-span or the networks... The few permitted inside... Choose to air. It is almost a hoax.
The left’s definition of a troll: anyone who doesn’t agree with them.
Look forward to “anti-troll” laws in the future.
Interesting perspective!
If the mass media were fair and balanced, Romney would not be a nominee.
Yeah, it's just not fair that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NPT, The NY Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post are getting ganged up on by Fox. :=)
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