Used to be that press bashing was a specialty of the right. For years conservatives have railed regularly against the dreaded "liberal media," claiming that the newspapers and the networks never gave them a fair shot.
Now it's a bipartisan sport.
I never thought I'd see anything to match the right's visceral disdain for Bill Clinton, but I was wrong. Spurred by contempt for President Bush and the media's stumbling performance after 9/11 (symbolized by the WMD fiasco), the left has the MSM squarely in its sights.
Ummm, no. Not spurred by "contempt for Bush." Not at all. How about, "spurred by fury at inaccurate reporting and contempt for their readers"?
Ah, but they continue:
Now there's no doubt Howell made a mistake. She said both Republicans and Democrats had received "Abramoff campaign money."
Technically that isn't correct. Abramoff didn't make any personal donations to Democrats. But he did direct his Indian tribe clients to give money to both parties, albeit far more to the Republicans. It's a distinction without a difference.
No, it is NOT a distinction without a difference.
A little advice to the journalism community- if you want respect, you might try treating your readers with respect. And quit being such a bunch of fucking whiny ass titty-babies.
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Used to be that press bashing was a specialty of the right.
This really says it all. What has them up in arms isn't that some bloggers hurt poor widdle Debbie's feelings -- its that the bloggers were lefties.
We're not supposed to do that. We're supposed to just lay there and let them kick away.
We fought back.
They can't cope.
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