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fileunder
06/19/09

In reply to Washington Post Fires Token Liberal
Froomkin always responded to my inane queries in his online chats. For this, I will always be grateful.
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htotheomo
06/19/09

@fileunder: I'm sure they were anything but inane, but good on him nonetheless.
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Krashstar
06/19/09

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I'm sorry Dan, but Ole' Krauthammer wanted your lunch money, so you know...
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MrInBetween
06/18/09

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So Dan Froomkin's consistently smart analysis goes but Dana Milbank's painfully idiotic video reports remain?

I look forward to reading Froomkin's blog at Politico or The Atlantic. Watch him kick The Post's ass.
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The Real JR
06/18/09

@MrInBetween: I vote Atlantic though Politico would be incredibly smart to hire him to balance out that tool they have blogging for them.
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MrInBetween
06/18/09

@The Real JR: Which tool?
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htotheomo
06/19/09

@MrInBetween: There are now so many to choose from.
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Astigmatism
06/18/09

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Only in DailyKos idiotland are E.J. Dionne, Harold Meyerson and Eugene Robinson somehow "conservative."
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Astigmatism
06/18/09

@Astigmatism: Which, to clarify, does not mean that the Post is liberal, but the fact is that it's attacked vociferously by both the right and left, and that it still has as many liberal voices as conservative ones.
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Hamilton Nolan
06/18/09

@Astigmatism: The problem is a bunch of its "liberal" voices, with a few exceptions, are so in thrall to the idea of Washington and its establishment that they end up being useless. Their metro political guys are good though!
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greenwald3132
06/18/09

@Astigmatism: agreed. this premise that the Washington Post is part of the right wing conspiracy is absurd. Its a fairly moderate paper. Gawker is acting like anyone investigating the president is horrible. The media should naturally be suspicious and inquisitive, no matter who's in charge.

And for everyone questioning its quality, was it not just two years ago that it won more Pulitzers than the NY Times?
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
06/19/09

@Astigmatism: daily kos is not idiotland.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
06/19/09

@greenwald3132: the washpost is center right trending rightward and has been for some time
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Baroness
06/18/09

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Utterly cannot stand the Washington Post, which is weirdly invoked all the time by right-wing sorts as a prime example of the "liberal media". Which is incomprehensible to me. What a rotten little rat-fuck town the Beltway is, idiots misleading other idiots with venal intent, into disasters like Iraq. And absolving themselves of any responsibility, instant forgetfulness of the previous 8 years.

The soul-sucking cynicism and dishonesty of the DC media is actually something to behold.
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lawyergay
06/18/09

@Baroness: What you said. Froomkin was the only reason to read that godforsaken paper. Smell ya later, Washington Post!
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Joy_Rebar
06/18/09

@Baroness: Utterly cannot stand the Washington Post, which is weirdly invoked all the time by right-wing sorts as a prime example of the "liberal media". Which is incomprehensible to me.

The right wing doesn't read the articles. They just look at the Tom Toles cartoons.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
06/19/09

@Baroness: applause. the wapo used to be a real newspaper, but that was two generations ago, in career years. epic freaking first amendment public trust fail

talkingpointsmemo.com is the future, and the knight foundation gave them a $5.m grant to partner archiving and digitizing original source docs with the nyt: serious, sourced reporting + clear perspective and commentary = win
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belltolls
06/18/09

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He was an interesting, thoughtful writer: no place in the news business for that.
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