Posted on 02/03/2006 12:52:42 PM PST by finnman69
At a recent conference on the Clinton Administration at Hofstra University, ex-press secretary Jake Siewart made a point that had previously eluded me: It was during the early days of Clinton's presidency that the democratization of instant information made the insider press corps obsolete. To retain their importance and self-regard, these journalists had to invent a new function for themselves, and they did: interpreting, not reporting, the news. But instead of doing the hard work of researching the historical, economic, sociological and political contexts of a given story and then finding a way to explain these in lay terms, they preferred to rely on what came most easily to them: cocktail party gossip, green room small talk, semiofficial leaks and unconfirmed rumor, almost always offered up as if the source had no interest in pushing a point of view.
It soon became clear that the insider press corps had developed a set of values almost completely antithetical to those of the majority of the American people. This disjunction is frequently misinterpreted--often deliberately--as one of snooty liberal elitists versus God-fearing, Darwin-disbelieving, upright common folk. It's almost impossible to find reliable evidence for this characterization, either in what the press corps believes or what the public does. Ironically, the media elite are attacking themselves when they embrace this myth, which is purposely stoked by the far right, as I've demonstrated ad nauseam.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
BWAAHAHAHAHAHA!
"But instead of doing the hard work of researching the historical, economic, sociological and political contexts of a given story and then finding a way to explain these in lay terms..."
That's opinioneering. Reporters are supposed to, uh, report.
Excluding George Washington and perhaps Jimmy Carter, just about all Presidents have found it necessary to lie to the American people.
That’s alls I can read, I can’t reads no more.
I'm embarrassed for him.
I'm still waiting on my middle class tax cut.....from Clinton! How was that not a lie?
Eric, it's five years since Bubba stepped down, and if it's not ten years yet since Monica infamously tongue-bathed his nether parts and dipped his cigar, it's pretty close. I really don't spend my time obsessing over him (or her, for that matter) every day. I don't have to. I'm just glad he's out of office. I got over it. So can you.
Once upon a time the MSM wrote newspapers at a 10th grade leve.
Then it went down to 8th grade.
Then 6th....
Now I bet it does not even reach 4th.
Newspeak: "Republican bad. conservative crimethink double pluss ungood. conservative crimethink hospital."
black is white.
Nah that's far too many words. Here is the real Newspeak translation:
Republican, crimethink.
Actually you could probably drop the "Republican" from the above.
Nice of Eric to finally admit it.
this is sort of interesting. I love FR keywords....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/829857/posts?page=1#1
“9/11 changed me” Alterman said, and as a result he would support the Iraq war if it started (“Saddam Hussein is truly awful,”) but Alterman felt there were “more pressing issues.” Such as Pakistan which he considered to be a bigger threat for providing weapons to terrorists.
Bush did not lie about WMDs.
And Clinton lied under oath.
End of that nonsense.
http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2004/03/the_50_most_loa.shtml
http://www.nypress.com/17/13/feature/feature.cfm
50 MOST LOATHSOME NEW YORKERS
39
Eric Alterman
Pundit
WHAT LIBERAL DICKWAD? Milhouse is all grown up: He has a goatee, a PhD from Stanford and an online diary where he proclaims his love for Jackson Browne. Liberal bloggers are holding it up like the f*cking Alamo, but his run-in with Dennis Miller last month left Alterman looking like he was about to get his head dunked in the toilet—for the third time. Even if you agree with him about Ann Coulter and Alexander Cockburn, it's hard not to root against this smirking, center-left prick who likes his dinner dates rich and famous and his fois gras seared. "He constantly wants to remind you that he's Eric Alterman," one of his interns revealed in a rumor-confirming Village Voice hatchet-job, "[and] that he knows a lot of important people, and that you're a lowly intern." Dear future self-respecting Alterman interns: If this creepy Bruce Springsteen groupie ever cops an attitude, just take a breath, start laughing and print out some of his "Alter-Reviews" at random. If you're lucky, you'll hit a Jackson Browne box set.
another good one
http://www.nndb.com/people/285/000051132/
"He's very hard to understand," said a friend of Mr. Alterman's who did not wish to be identified. "Because he really is an unbelievable assh*le and a really, really great person. He is the worst name-dropper in the world-because he only uses first names. He'll say, 'Oh, I had dinner with Paul [Newman] and Joanne last night...' He is a huge literary starf*cker."
Obviously this bum gets it. He understands that the curtain is coming down on the black table-phone media. He sees it everyday and he has even put his finger on the reason; Simply put it's becuase they MAKE S%$T UP. Especially when reporting on Republicans. Soon you'll have to get a real job buddy!
Nice of Eric to finally admit it.
Here's an excerpt from his article. All words appear in the same order as in the original posting:
It was during ...Clinton's presidency that ...the insider press corps...came...easily...when they embrace..Clinton.
Clinton offered his prime-time...political 'elites'... a blowjob...and ...to...the nation...exposed...explosive...personal...showers...on their...heads.
Americans...say...New York Times/CBS...generally misleads the American public ...while ... the insider press corps... helped lay...Clinton.
Clinton's 1998 State of the Union address was the most...of any President's...sex life.
Just like shooting fish in a barrel !!
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