tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post193770897584135347..comments2024-03-28T20:37:26.897-04:00Comments on the daily howler: INVENTING THE OTHER: Salon invents Kurtz!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91736485705520895902013-06-25T18:39:56.843-04:002013-06-25T18:39:56.843-04:00Comments Section Enforcement Officer (aka Matt in ...Comments Section Enforcement Officer (aka Matt in the Crown): "What exactly is it about you that compels you to troll the comment section of this blog?"<br /><br />A simple variation of "How long has it been since you've stopped beating your wife."<br /><br />What a "genuine" maroon.MacCecilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62732860479808476512013-06-25T15:40:03.108-04:002013-06-25T15:40:03.108-04:00I wish you other anonymouses would pick some sort ...I wish you other anonymouses would pick some sort of identifier if you are going to argue with each other. I'm the non-arguing anonymous in this thread. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm commenting on this--<br /><br />"For quite a few years, Fox News Watch was one of the smartest programs on cable news. It was perhaps the only program on Fox which was actually “fair and balanced.” If anything, it tilted a bit to the left, due to the fact that Jeff Cohen, a very bright, genuine progressive, tended to dominate discussion as a weekly panelist.<br />"<br /><br />I wish I'd known about that when it was on. It probably is a sign of lefty provincialism that I didn't. I never once encountered anyone who told me, online, in the print press, or in real life, that this show existed and was worth watching. The way Bob describes it it would have been better than any MSNBC show, with the exception of Hayes when he had his Saturday/Sunday two hour gig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-38956794437027246912013-06-25T14:46:09.486-04:002013-06-25T14:46:09.486-04:00Matt,
Do you agree with TDH that "Salon has...Matt, <br /><br />Do you agree with TDH that "Salon has become a reliable junk heap?"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64111837050191973872013-06-25T14:44:58.594-04:002013-06-25T14:44:58.594-04:00No, TDH's very deferential Pincus post did acc...No, TDH's very deferential Pincus post did accuse him of clowning or imitation jouranlism, so that Pincus column hasn't been written. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42392073189414227012013-06-25T14:38:42.575-04:002013-06-25T14:38:42.575-04:00M in the C,
I used to like the site years ago...a...M in the C,<br /><br />I used to like the site years ago...at first, I thought I could criticize some aspect of a post and it might make a difference to the author--especially since there aren't that many comments. But apparently I do not understand the author's aims, because these posts get more sour and more curdled each month.<br /><br />Who does does Somerby expect will embrace these picayune attacks on people like Sirota, Ezra Klein and the rest? Maybe in addition to asking why I troll these comments, you could ask why Somerby trolls Salon and the like? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-80264634893200858462013-06-25T14:26:36.709-04:002013-06-25T14:26:36.709-04:00It does with every idiotic comment you post.
What...It does with every idiotic comment you post.<br /><br />What exactly is it about you that compels you to troll the comment section of this blog? I ask out of genuine interest, as I cannot imagine what the reason could be.Matt in the Crownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083162679471045642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85219868308061212602013-06-25T14:00:29.492-04:002013-06-25T14:00:29.492-04:00Boo hoo hoo...Salon doesn't criticize Kurtz (w...Boo hoo hoo...Salon doesn't criticize Kurtz (who is very smart) in exactly the way Bob would. <br /><br />Can this site get any worse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55219600510910597032013-06-25T13:28:40.249-04:002013-06-25T13:28:40.249-04:00"awready", "liked to", and you..."awready", "liked to", and you're calling someone else "dopey"?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15290494798772533362013-06-25T13:21:09.829-04:002013-06-25T13:21:09.829-04:00I don't like being refuted, so I call you a na...I don't like being refuted, so I call you a name without addressing the fact that my comment was eviscerated. <br /><br />Yep, it does expose my "thinking" process -- whuduvit?Anon 1108, 1204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18926932782252582742013-06-25T13:18:13.856-04:002013-06-25T13:18:13.856-04:00TDH wrote that Pincus column awready. It's the...TDH wrote that Pincus column awready. It's the one mentioned above in comments and liked to on the sidebar, dopey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81724279202103694602013-06-25T12:26:09.397-04:002013-06-25T12:26:09.397-04:00Anon 1156,
That's a good legalistic sort of ...Anon 1156, <br /><br />That's a good legalistic sort of defense, but why is TDH slagging Seitz-Wald and not Pincus? Pincus wrote an article implying that Snowden's revelations weren't really news. Like everyone knew all that NSA spying stuff already...well, were not all spies, Walter. <br /><br />Seitz-Wald wrote a couple hundred words on how Kurtz had never been particularly ferocious as a watchdog toward Fox and now would likely fit in well there. Pretty much all TDH readers would agree with the gist of that. <br /><br />So who does TDH call out for terrible journalism? The "new mandarin!" Sick. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5618785075722027242013-06-25T12:04:57.827-04:002013-06-25T12:04:57.827-04:00Sockpuppet to the rescue!Sockpuppet to the rescue!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41579217498761487972013-06-25T11:56:24.311-04:002013-06-25T11:56:24.311-04:00Naturally, saying that someone *is* respected is f...Naturally, saying that someone *is* respected is far from saying that *you* respect them -- and even further from saying that you think everything they've done has great merit, but from the link:<br /><br />"Same old same-old, Pincus seemed to be saying."<br />"It seems to us that Pincus is wrong."<br /><br />Whatever. Hey, once you've bought into... Oh I can't be further bothered. But clearly, posting irrelevant bullshit to comments threads is a breeze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47808034860976227642013-06-25T11:08:02.040-04:002013-06-25T11:08:02.040-04:00When Walter Pincus was Seitz-Wald's age he was...When Walter Pincus was Seitz-Wald's age he was spying on American students.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pincus <br /><br />Yet TDH says:<br /><br />Walter Pincus is one of the country’s most respected reporters.<br /><br />http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2013/06/walter-pincus-describes-way-our-world.html<br /><br />Whatever. Hey, once you've bought into Megan McArdle's "new mandarin" fantasy, I guess writing these pieces is a breeze. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com