tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post113746265241477798..comments2024-02-28T14:41:47.313-07:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Newsflash!!! WaPo's Milbank Upset that Supreme Court Nominee uses legal jargon. Developing....ambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1137498089157960152006-01-17T04:41:00.000-07:002006-01-17T04:41:00.000-07:00Rick, that was just mean.Hey I don't mind saying i...Rick, that was just mean.<BR/><BR/>Hey I don't mind saying it: Alito is smarter than me. Maybe some of these reorters should do the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine them second guessing surgical technique?terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1137473996376027212006-01-16T21:59:00.000-07:002006-01-16T21:59:00.000-07:00I don't think weak comedy is Milbank's job. That'...I don't think weak comedy is Milbank's job. That's why Jon Stewart gets paid a lot of money. If they want to print a <I>ha ha</I> piece, why Milbank, and why should we take him seriously? Actually his serious columns are much funnier than this.Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1137469282699410742006-01-16T20:41:00.000-07:002006-01-16T20:41:00.000-07:00Syl,Ann deals with your point:Stiles: I agree that...Syl,<BR/><BR/>Ann deals with your point:<BR/><BR/><I>Stiles: I agree that Milbank's article is about what it's about. I even think it's funny to say ""Humphrey's Executor" (whoever he is)." I was on "Reliable Sources" with Milbank yesterday and was struck by how little interest he had in the law side of things. You're right that he's about the politics. Where I have a problem is at the point where the assertion is made that Alito was saying nothing or saying only "gobbledygook." Also, Milbank, who has the job of covering the hearings, like many of the other reporters with this important assignment, did not seem to take seriously the potential for thinking about the legal issues. He commented on the show yesterday that most of the reporters, if they didn't walk out of the room altogether, were doing things like playing computer solitaire or surfing the web. If they did the latter, I wonder if they encountered the bloggers who were acually simulblogging and following the issues -- unpaid.</I><BR/><BR/>Reporter don't take their job seriously and it shows.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1137467841659025542006-01-16T20:17:00.000-07:002006-01-16T20:17:00.000-07:00Well, I thought it was a silly piece. Not meant to...Well, I thought it was a silly piece. Not meant to be serious.<BR/><BR/>But why waste inches on something like that. <BR/><BR/>However I learned a lot by reading the Humphrey Executor (who the hell is that) opinion.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1137463733382234922006-01-16T19:08:00.000-07:002006-01-16T19:08:00.000-07:00Dana is just doing his best to maintain journalist...Dana is just doing his best to maintain journalistic standards of ignorance, and doing a fine job at that. His dedication to misinforming the public is truly inspiring and sets a fine example for aspiring journalists.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1137463134224556922006-01-16T18:58:00.000-07:002006-01-16T18:58:00.000-07:00"Why can't these Supreme Court nominees explain it...<I>"Why can't these Supreme Court nominees explain it in a way a simple reporter can understand?"</I><BR/><BR/>Woudln't it be rather unseemly for a prospective justice of the United States Supreme Court to have to carry around a roll of butcher paper, a '64' box of Crayolas and a hand puppet all the time? Couldn't the task be delegated to applicants for clerkships?Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.com