Washington Post demonstrates how crummy it is by writing obnoxious obituary about Lucianne Goldberg

American Thinker ^ | 10/28/2022 | Monica Showalter

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At newspapers, obituaries are typically written in advance.

The Washington Post had plenty to work with when the death of Lucianne Goldberg happened, but instead of remembering good, or at least balancing their summary, they selectively chose to remember the great muse of the right, internet pioneer, and accomplished woman from a time when women weren't allowed much accomplishment, by printing only cherry-picked tales of dubious sourcing that made her look phony.

It was garbage. It stood in stark contrast to the insightful and warm-hearted tweets that overwhelmingly were the consensus on Twitter, from wildly different parts of the internet spectrum.

The notes of condolences to Goldberg's son, Jonah Goldberg, was a who's who of the right, containing kind and loving words from both the harshest of the NeverTrumps and the harshest of the MAGA people, side by side in perfect harmony, and was a sight to behold.  Lucianne Goldberg was a giant to so many, a great lady; she was loved, and she was consequential.

But the Post?  They decided to go small instead. 

Their headline and subhed ran like this:

Lucianne Goldberg, who leaked tapes at center of Clinton impeachment, dies at 87

Ms. Goldberg, a literary agent, urged former White House aide Linda Tripp to secretly tape her friend Monica Lewinsky, who had an affair with the president.

Not a word about Bill Clinton's tawdry, exploitative, despicable behavior; not a word about how, according to the Starr report, Clinton "finished the job in the sink," which is what Mrs. Goldberg ultimately brought to light based on Clinton's constant lying. There was just the penny-dreadful act of leaking tapes and secretly taping, as if that would be the total sum of Mrs. Goldberg's life, which it wasn't.

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In reality, Goldberg did a public service by asking the players involved to preserve the loudly circulating evidence. That evidence went on to reveal the real Bill Clinton, whose presidency lowered the bar for presidential standards, but whose presidency was saved by a good economy. The Post didn't understand the significance of that act, which revealed the truth about the Clintons, and just wanted to focus on the single act as sort of tawdry.

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This is how the Washington Post started the Obit:

“Lucianne Goldberg, a New York literary agent and conservative provocateur who took on a Machiavelli-style role in the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton by encouraging a former White House aide to secretly tape Monica Lewinsky discussing her affair with the president, died Oct. 26 at her home in Weehawken, N.J. She was 87.”

No, that’s not the summary of her life, nor is it the essence of her. Mrs. Goldberg was an entrepreneur, a radio host, an author, famously witty, a bona fide internet pioneer, a dragon lady if you like, and her historic role was in demonstrating that the establishment media were rotten to the core and the public was moving toward alternate news sources, such as what was then the Drudge Report. When the story came out about how Newsweek suppressed its own scoop about Clinton’s doings, that was a revelation about the media that had its ties to Mrs. Goldberg’s courageous act.

She also was a career woman of great accomplishments, who went from newsroom errand girl at the various Washington newspaper outlets, and part-time political operative during the Johnson and Nixon administration years, to a famed literary agent who built her own successful business, and then went on to be a popular radio host and internet pioneer through her still-popular website, Lucianne.com.

[Chode]

feh...

i’d like to know just how many people really came here from L.com like i did???

RIP

[AZJeep]

In general, obituaries try to show the best of the deceased.
Only right wing extremists do not deserve decent obituary!

[popdonnelly]

God forbid the public should know the truth. The Post is a fraud.

[Savage Rider]

I came from Lucianne.com. And I was at the First Roundtable Meeting of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy in DC.

[Chode]

good one

[Pearfect]

The wapo is a LEFT WING ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT.

[ifinnegan]

“Lucianne Goldberg, a New York literary agent and conservative provocateur who took on a Machiavelli-style role in the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton by encouraging a former White House aide to secretly tape Monica Lewinsky discussing her affair with the president, died Oct. 26 at her home in Weehawken, N.J. She was 87.”

She deserves credit for that.

I think that is the major event in her life. It’s the only reason she’s a public figure.

She also copied Free Republic to make a competing web site.