tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post2503741654492733875..comments2024-03-29T03:18:25.501-04:00Comments on the daily howler: At CNN, Howard Kurtz will call it a day!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37882449027826999082013-06-25T13:33:32.671-04:002013-06-25T13:33:32.671-04:00Anon@1205: "The comments ...are generally rub...Anon@1205: "The comments ...are generally rubbish ...." <br /><br />Including yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-56973414663588757582013-06-25T12:05:15.878-04:002013-06-25T12:05:15.878-04:00Mostly, the stuff above the fold is valuable and i...Mostly, the stuff above the fold is valuable and interesting almost all the time. <br /><br />The comments, in stark contrast, are generally rubbish, dominated by the likes of DavidinCA's pseudo-libertarian meanderings and irrelevant personal anecdotes dressed as important data points, and augmented by yawn-worthy complaints from "long-time readers" supposedly now disaffected by Bob's doing exactly what he's always done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33421256916572431702013-06-25T11:38:32.198-04:002013-06-25T11:38:32.198-04:00"Kurtz is smarter than most journalists."..."Kurtz is smarter than most journalists."<br /><br />Damned with faint praise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65085991849600778332013-06-25T11:36:43.994-04:002013-06-25T11:36:43.994-04:00Way to elevate the discourse.Way to elevate the discourse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11062521841902404662013-06-25T10:02:36.381-04:002013-06-25T10:02:36.381-04:00"Could any other industry even dream of prese...<i>"Could any other industry even dream of presenting a program like this?"</i><br /><br />Well, yes, the American Medical Association for instance. My father was a physician and if we wanted to watch the veins in his forehead bulge we would just mention the AMA.<br />Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-38073034452493080592013-06-25T09:59:01.133-04:002013-06-25T09:59:01.133-04:00Anon 742,
When was the last time anything on thi...Anon 742, <br /><br />When was the last time anything on this blog was "valuable and interesting?"<br /><br />Just a link would help...with or without comments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82221883738158171662013-06-25T07:44:37.871-04:002013-06-25T07:44:37.871-04:00If Maddow is lying to me, and Somerby points it ou...If Maddow is lying to me, and Somerby points it out that's "hate."<br /><br />Yes, I am as stupid as I sound.<br /><br />Long time reader, long time bullshit artist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71666456547515661242013-06-25T02:36:28.946-04:002013-06-25T02:36:28.946-04:00Kurtz is the worst.
He's a goddamn tone-deaf ...Kurtz is the worst.<br /><br />He's a goddamn tone-deaf idiot.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25137695100513504052013-06-24T21:14:42.919-04:002013-06-24T21:14:42.919-04:00This is how "IT" happens. The tribe that...This is how "IT" happens. The tribe that normally opposes government abuses decides the current government is doing enough of what the tribe approves of, so they turn their fire against "paranoids" and their "wild imaginings."<br /><br />This is how "it" happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68936879934678396602013-06-24T19:42:02.161-04:002013-06-24T19:42:02.161-04:00You know, it really seems to me that Somerby is le...You know, it really seems to me that Somerby is letting his petty hates and myopia prevent him from doing something valuable and interesting. In the wake of the NSA whistleblower and all the attendant coverage, he could turn that critical eye to the way in which that story and its comensurate issues have been covered. Because it bears critical analysis: in my opinion, the public is being ill-served by the MSM who are being cowed much as they were in the aftermath of 9/11. MSNBC commentators like David Corn and Chris Matthews have practically been carrying the President's water. <br /><br />And yet since the story broke, Bob has made only a handful of comments. Instead it has been the same tired old hates about Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, and Maureen Dowd. And of course Chapter 1001 of How Al Gore Got The Shaft. <br /><br />Bob, as a long time reader, I'm starting to wonder if you're now too bitter to be of any use. Please seize the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2557579907232633422013-06-24T19:38:19.227-04:002013-06-24T19:38:19.227-04:00Right on Bob. I also noted the slant of Kurtz'...Right on Bob. I also noted the slant of Kurtz's positions and avoided his program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37329280362256250802013-06-24T16:46:19.335-04:002013-06-24T16:46:19.335-04:00Where have you gone Jeff Cohen, a nation turns its...Where have you gone Jeff Cohen, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you...<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Cable-News-Confidential-Misadventures-Corporate/dp/097606216Xhardindrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275899305949454964noreply@blogger.com