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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    "You may have heard, for instance, that every member of Congress will be up for re-election in a year." Funny, no, I've never heard that. That may be because senators, whilst members of Congress like the House of Representatives, are not elected once every two years.
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    Image of John Cook John Cook
    12/08/09

    @Owen Thomas: Pedant!
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    This sleeping with a source is directly related to sleeping with the person hiring you for said journalism job. Worked for me.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    Thats' a GREATLY abbreviated list of Judith Miller's "conquests."
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    Image of rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    Isn't this a problem with most of the reporting going on inside of the beltway, you trade chuminess for access. Hopefully at the end of the day you get the dirt and can air it out, but I feel that more often than not they're just sitting on a lot of stories so as not to burn bridges. YOu end up fucking them because you never really meet anyone else (except other reporters, and you've already fucked them).

    Then again I might just be extrapolating from my own experience, however unrelated it might have been.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/08/09

    @rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Nail on the head. And, to raincoaster's comment directly above, which is related to what you're saying: Can anyone here really say that what Judith Miller was up to wasn't common knowledge?
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    What have the elephants done to deserve this comparison?
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    You forgot the impending Hamilton Nolan - Neal Boulton bombshell.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    In reply to Tradition of Reporters Sleeping with Sources Still Alive and Well at the New York Times
    The whole idea of journalists being friends and breaking bread and quaffing drinks with the politicians they cover is disturbing; romantic involvement is just the worst extreme. I for one don't like it when Brian Williams is invited to state dinners or when a Ben Bradlee pals around with a JFK. I'm not saying journalists vote, but I do think that when it comes to socializing on any level, they need to take a vow of politico-socio celibacy.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    12/08/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: I agree. I don't participate in these political shindigs. I don't list my political affiliation on sites like Facebook, nor do I post political rants there. I won't even register with a party -- my status is 'unenrolled'. I don't donate to political parties. I don't volunteer for candidates.

    It's an old-fashioned way of doing things. I'm 36; I'm the last generation of broadcasters (radio, specifically) that actually came up in staffed newsrooms; were taught the craft; who covered various city halls; who learned the value of building trust with sources, gathering numbers, and nagging everyone from secretaries to Mayors for tips. Doing that required keeping your opinions out of shit as much as possible, in every way.

    Excuse me while I tell those kids to get off my fucking lawn.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Correction: make that "I'm not saying journalists shouldn't vote..."
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    @NewsBunny: I agree with almost all of what you say, but I don't think newspeople have to keep their opinions strictly confidential, as long as the opinions and analyses are clearly labeled. Actually, if someone has extensive experience covering a beat, I want to hear his take on the goings on: it's likely to be straighter talk than I will get from the politicians.
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    12/08/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: That's all in the questions you ask. I have no problem asking a pol 'What the HELL were thinking?' -- as long as I go after Dems, Republicans, Independents, Jessie Venturians, The Cat-Lover's party, blah blah blah. I torture everyone equally.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    @NewsBunny: And on radio, where we hear the screams and let our imaginations fill in the rest.
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    12/08/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Let's be clear: I never did a talk show. I'm an all-news radio bitch.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    @NewsBunny: I will personally pay you a thousand dollars if you will so identify yourself on the air: This is So-and-So, the All News Radio Bitch, at the Federal Courthouse for Newsradio 88. That oughta make them forget about traffic and weather.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    12/09/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: That ain't me! ha ha!
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/09/09

    @NewsBunny: Oh, that was just a random assignment and station for the sake of the joke. I have no idea who you are. But it's fun to guess.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    12/09/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: All News Radio Bitch would be an awesome handle, though.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/09/09

    @NewsBunny: Assuming you are in NY, now every time I listen to CBS or WINS, I will be forever wondering.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    08:25 AM

    @TheBusinessGuy: With this new reply feature, we can just keep talking back and forth forever.

    Don't wonder. I'm no one important.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09:57 AM

    @NewsBunny: As the page views mount. Okay, I will officially stop wondering.
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    11/02/09

    In reply to Jealous Google Lets Employees Flirt with Microsoft, But No Petting
    Keep your hands on the table at all times if you know what's good for you... #jonskeet
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    Image of Thistledew Thistledew
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    Image of ModestProposal ModestProposal
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    Image of romulus romulus
    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    Image of meerkat meerkat
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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