tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post114334976511576714..comments2024-02-28T14:41:47.313-07:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Howard Kurtz gives the game awayambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143397843329138042006-03-26T11:30:00.000-07:002006-03-26T11:30:00.000-07:00Pauline Kael lives, that's for sure.Yeah, I though...<I>Pauline Kael lives, that's for sure.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I thought of her myself.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143390347723166552006-03-26T09:25:00.000-07:002006-03-26T09:25:00.000-07:00FA,You're right about the sports analogy but you h...FA,<BR/><BR/>You're right about the sports analogy but you have to look at is as if the team mascot or head of the cheerleaders was writing the report of the game. Kurtz and his ilk are just cheerleaders for the Washington Generals.Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143388586454340042006-03-26T08:56:00.000-07:002006-03-26T08:56:00.000-07:00Neil Gabler is an idiot. The Burns' show gets wors...Neil Gabler is an idiot. The Burns' show gets worse every month.If he wanted to make it lively and worthwhile, he should replace Gabler with a blogger. The show purports to examine the press, but it generally misses the worst of it and papers over the rest. (Jane Hall isn't much better than Neil. Watching here, you can see why journalism schools churn out such ninnies.)cfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415260679597997353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143387349618824062006-03-26T08:35:00.000-07:002006-03-26T08:35:00.000-07:00How much longer will the gibbering among the press...How much longer will the gibbering among the press corps be worth the effort to write about? As centrist Syl follows centrist Terrye in simply pushing the OFF button the importance of what no one is listening to diminishes. Kurtz isn't a fool and he realizes that the he is on the losing side in a war without end or truce. <BR/><BR/>It's a cheering thought that he will spend the rest of his career watching the the ship whose deck he is standing upon settle ever lower in the water. With a bit of luck it will sink before his retirement.Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143386746778639042006-03-26T08:25:00.000-07:002006-03-26T08:25:00.000-07:00Seneca's headline says it all.And Syl's comment is...Seneca's headline says it all.<BR/><BR/>And Syl's comment is dead on.<BR/><BR/>Doing badly in the Presses' eyes is standing up to what they think is their great cross examination techniques.<BR/><BR/>Probing questions like, "you are a liar aren't you, Mr. BushChimP?" or "when are you going to stop killing our boys" are what they think is great journalistic technique.<BR/><BR/>This is what passes for "reporting" by the WH press corps.<BR/><BR/>BTW, "yfoxig" is my word verification question. Seems prophetic, doesn't it?vnjagvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904498408683884983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143384692524866492006-03-26T07:51:00.000-07:002006-03-26T07:51:00.000-07:00Neil Gabler on NewsWatch caused me to turn off the...Neil Gabler on NewsWatch caused me to turn off the tv (not hard to do these days) by stating that the 'why Bush went to war' question is THE question Americans want answered...thus the old bag's (sorry) question to Bush was the perfect one.<BR/><BR/>All I have to say to that is that Bush HAS answered that question--several times. People like Neil and the rest of the DC press corps, the Koskids, etc., DON'T LIKE THE ANSWER.<BR/><BR/>I guess they think if they keep asking the same question over and over the answer will change. Sounds insane to me.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1143382107341557252006-03-26T07:08:00.000-07:002006-03-26T07:08:00.000-07:00What would they consider doing well? Bush falling ...What would they consider doing well? Bush falling on his sword in some sort of ritual suicide?terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.com