Bill Sammon on Dana Milbank of the Washington Post (and why you should never believe Milbank)

Fighting Back | November 12, 2002 | Bill Sammon

[Miss Marple]

I have typed this in myself, so any typos are mine, not the author's.

There is much more in the book, but because for two days in a row Dana Milbank has had articles posted here in which everyone takes his view as the truth, I wanted to make certain that Freepers understand that Milbank is about as anti-Bush as Terry McAuliffe.

ANYTHING written by Dana Milbank which contains ANY sort of controversy for the administration or the Republican party must be read with this passage in mind. Milbank is NOT trustworthy.

[Dog]

Thank you Jane.

[Bobdirects]

"Fighting Back" is a fantastic book. Every student in America should read it as a primer on how a true leader helps a nation in shock.

[Miss Marple]

I wanted to make sure you all read this and that it got bumped a couple of times. I am sick of Milbank's articles which are written to deliberately get us at cross-purposes, while he sneeringly laughs from the sidelines.

Milbank is to be trusted even less than Bill Kristol, and you know how I feel about THAT GUY!!

[Howlin]

See here!

[Miss Marple]

Oh, thanks for reminding me:

EVERYONE SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK!

[Maynerd]

Thank you. Excellent post.

[Miss Marple]

See? Milbank is a snake! NOTHING he writes should be believed!

[Howlin]

And we have one of Dana's little dittys on here right now!

[Miss Marple]

That is exactly why I posted it. Milbank wrote that article with the same intent as those who throw handgrenades into crowds. He wanted to see the clawing, crabbing, and injuries, as well as sowing distrust in the administration.

I swear, people are such suckers. If Terry McAuliffe came on and said that stuff, they wouldn't believe him. Milbank is cut from the McAuliffe mold.

[Dog Gone]

I've bought the book, but haven't started reading it yet.

This passage is very revealing. It also demonstrates how immature Milbank is.

[twyn1]

EVERYONE SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK!

And hopefully you'll be able to find it -- our local Barnes and Noble store had it hidden in the back of the store somewhere...we had to search it out because the clerks were clueless...it was on the best-seller list for goodness sakes !

-- same store: Sean Hannity's Let Freedon Ring was UNDER the bestsellers' table, (Michael Moore's ??? book was on top), Slander by Ann Coulter was scattered thru'out the store (we found one copy in the children's section) and A Charge to Keep was placed in the shelves backwards...grrrrr !

[KC_Conspirator]

Milbank is very dishonest and has replaced David Broder as the #1 liar at the ComPost. Milbank wrote this article to get the GOP off message and with Rush bantering on and on about it today, he seems to have accomplished his mission.

[GAgal]

Didn't Dana Milbank write the misleading article that caused the Daschele meltdown on the Senate floor ( the pink tie "screech")?

[okie01]

"Milbank wrote that article with the same intent as those who throw handgrenades into crowds. He wanted to see the clawing, crabbing, and injuries, as well as sowing distrust in the administration."

Guerrilla journalism...

But hand grenades aren't Milbank's style. Try stink bombs...

[Miss Marple]

Yes, Milbank did write that article that caused the Daschle meltdown.

[okie01]

Didn't Dana Milbank write the misleading article that caused the Daschele meltdown on the Senate floor ( the pink tie "screech")?

The very same. Milbank is an artful practitioner of "creative misrepresentation".

[Miss Marple]

I need to start posting an alert for Rush on what articles to ignore. He seems to me to be not very perceptive about the Washington press at times. Dittos for the New York Times.

One would think he would learn a lesson from this stuff after a while.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting!

I have discounted what Milbank writes for sometime. I put Milbank in the Molly Ivins/Helen Thomas category -- see the name -- don't read!

Somehow I am not surprised at some Freepers believing what is written by Millbank. After all they believe that Harold Ford (ACU - 8 Rating for 2001) is a moderate because that is what the news media says! Amazing!

[grammymoon]

RE: Sammon's book
I just finished it last night. Fantastic read.

David Gregory is another POS "reporter", a real smart ass wannabe who the President cut down to size real quick.
Dana, next up.