tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post2226756683065957566..comments2024-03-28T21:42:44.372-04:00Comments on the daily howler: GOOD-BYE, BOCA: Bruni’s laments!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1528218611554351472012-10-23T18:17:51.332-04:002012-10-23T18:17:51.332-04:00So "these debates gave us rare moments of raw...So "these debates gave us rare moments of rawness"?<br /><br />Only a drooling moron could write such brain-dead and brain-deadening garbage. <br /><br />I saw two affable, extremely well-groomed men twisting the truth within an inch of its life. The "debates" were extremely boring exchanges that gave me little hope that there's any progressive political force in America at all. <br /><br /> Squeaky McCrinklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24199839968722232152012-10-23T17:50:10.940-04:002012-10-23T17:50:10.940-04:00Yeah, that used to be the mainstream press back in...Yeah, that used to be the mainstream press back in the day, and they were easy to identify, but does that definition still hold? And if it does, what exactly is the influence of what might be left of this "mainstream world" in an age of multiple and rapidly increasing sources of information and opinion? Are they even the same this election as they were in the election of 2000?<br /><br />Seems to me that in addition to the old sources, people these days are also getting their "news" from social media (Facebook, twitter, etc.) all kinds of blogs as mentioned before of every political stripe, and even sources such as Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. After all, you have to know something about their jokes in order to get them.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-79704308640460047352012-10-23T17:39:51.188-04:002012-10-23T17:39:51.188-04:00Never said it didn't exist. I asked for a defi...Never said it didn't exist. I asked for a definition, and you can't give one. But thanks for not even trying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50176784707188232292012-10-23T17:29:42.075-04:002012-10-23T17:29:42.075-04:00Anon's Question is a good one, I would say you...Anon's Question is a good one, I would say you are still talking about the major big city papers, The Networks, CNN and Fox. But things are getting more and more diversified, which may make the mostly unnoticed story of last night's debate (Romney running like hell from what is actually mainstream conservative wisdom) more understandable. In debate two Mitt had been worked up into a lather over garbage from the noise machine, here he played Mr. Nice Guy. Must have driven the Fox crowd crazy, but probably a good idea. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288008924419574934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-14183073401690001132012-10-23T11:18:39.863-04:002012-10-23T11:18:39.863-04:00First, you need to pull your head out of...whereve...First, you need to pull your head out of...wherever it is that keeps you blind and/or clueless. Using the examples of "cable TV and AM radio "talk" shows," and Newsweek doesn't preclude the existence of a "mainstream press."<br /><br />Horace FeathersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41963798844049132772012-10-23T10:10:16.210-04:002012-10-23T10:10:16.210-04:00". . . helps us see how deeply fatuous our ma...". . . helps us see how deeply fatuous our mainstream press culture is:"<br /><br />Can you help me out here, Bob? What exactly is the "mainstream press" these days?<br /><br />Once upon a time we had newspapers, magazines, network evening news programs, and local TV news.<br /><br />Today we have a variety of cable TV and AM radio "talk" shows, all searching for an audience, as well as this whole new thing called the Internet which gives us a Tower of Babel of blogs running the entire political spectrum.<br /><br />Meanwhile, newspapers are shrinking and dying, and this week brings the news that Newsweek will no longer roll off the presses, sticking strictly to an online presence.<br /><br />So what is this "mainstream press" that you keep talking about? Does it even exist any more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com