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britneyspearstears
08/03/09

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Thank God for Amy Goodman.
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Forgetitjake
08/03/09

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"... the big picture in all of this: that we now shamelessly live in an age when ..."

Where you been, son?
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Eudora
08/02/09

In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
Oh, and Glenn Greenwald is actually principled and honest -- not to be mentioned in the same breath as the toady Rose and whore Wolffe.
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Mediahohoho
08/02/09

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I guess I'll have to read the Glenn's column to get some instances where Wolffe had, and didn't acknowledge, a conflict of interest. Until I do, I'll have to be scouring my internal tapes for times I thought he was sucking up to power. My superficial memory can't bring one up to me now.

But, yeah, Dan Bartlett? Really?
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Baroness
08/02/09

In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
I admire Glenn Greenwald. I think he over-writes by about 25%, but it's part of his wonkish knowledge to lay it all out. I appreciate his sincerity and his sense of justice in this compromised world. He has an intense sense of right and wrong, and is not afraid to offend powerful people in pointing it out.

Disappointed about Wolffe- I had rather liked him on TV. But I suppose Washington is full of whores, nothing new there.
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lawyergay
08/04/09

@Baroness: Well said. GG's posts occasionally seem to be written in such a furious reverie of indignation that he skimps on the editing, but I am a loyal reader. I even flipped him a few nickels during his last fund drive so he could buy the equipment required for him to be more of a presence on American television from his home in Brazil.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/02/09

In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
The Glenn (la-de-da he has an extra n) Greenwald I know is not doing this for altruistic reasons, yo.

He never says anything without an ulterior motive. Probably to keep the feud going.
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Foster Kamer
08/02/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: Substantiate! Seriously. I'd like to hear more. What do you have?
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WretchedGnu
08/02/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: Uh... What the fuck are you talking about? Greenwald is one of the few political bloggers who actually knows something about the law.

If you're a right-wing knob, just say that...
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audition4THIS
08/02/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar:

Glenn is only 20% superfluous letterage, while Wolffe is 33%, since he has that extraneous f and a silent e.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/03/09

@WretchedGnu: He knows the law. Read what I write and then figure out what the words I mean say.

I stand by he's not doing it for altruistic reasons.

Stop. Go to MerriamWebster.com and learn those words.

Not one of them mentions the law. Awww. Don't cry about being spanked.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/03/09

@Foster Kamer: I'm not saying you are wrong in your analysis.

I'm not saying Glen(n) is wrong in his analysis.

I'm simply making a qualitative analysis (geez, never expected to use that phrase on Gawker) based on my experience debating Glen(n) on multiple blogs that he is pushing this to destroy the agreement.

Keep the left/right shout machine going. Shame then rally the troops to continue. Just my opinion based on my experience.

Give me a sec to goog from 2006 for the perfect example.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/03/09

@Foster Kamer: I got 21,800 google results to go through.

Send Glen(n) an e-mail and tell him to defend himself and we can have a mano e mano right here.
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skt.smth
08/03/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: One could say this about any kind of political criticism, that all it does it "keep the shout machine going." So what's the alternative, if we want to avoid such an interpretation? To never be critical?
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/03/09

@skt.smth: When I'm critical I'm clear about it. When some are critical they are disingenious about it.

This is just my personal opinion, but I prefer an open battle of ideas that lets people decide on their own.

Regardless of the outcome. My ideas win, YAY! My ideas lose, I sucked at presenting them or the ideas sucked. No biggee. The audacity of informed choice.
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skt.smth
08/03/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: We're not understanding why you think Glenn Greenwald is disingenuous, though. That's the problem.
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Mediahohoho
08/03/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: If he's correct and reporting stories other media can't or won't touch, why would his motives matter? I think it's very much in the interest of Fox News viewers and MSNBC viewers for him (for someone) to report this story. Same with his work on privacy and torture, both during Bush administration and continuing, sadly, under Obama.

I'm not sure if that fits your definition of altruism, but it does strike me as a mark of integrity, which is something I value a lot more than altruism in any case. Especially in a journalist.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/03/09

@Mediahohoho: We are starting to get very loose with who is a reporter and who is an editorialist, now aren't we?
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Mediahohoho
08/04/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: I'm not. He reports stories.
You, on the other hand, are just kind of an ass.
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disreputable
05/21/09

In reply to The Twitterati Hates Buckling Down for Work
I'm sure that's what she means, britney, although proper spelling is just such a bore for these Twitterverse people. I'm torn here: one part of me hopes she finished the story and lives to discover her mistake, the other that she has to put her threat in practice...
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britneyspearstears
05/22/09

@disreputable: Japanese --> English transliteration can be difficult, so I think a misspelling is forgivable. My peeve, is that every time this act is referenced in the west, it is spelled and pronounced: Harikari (like the late Chicago Cubs announcer)

The Japanese pronounce it: Harakiri
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Lizawithazee
05/20/09

In reply to The Twitterati Hates Buckling Down for Work
I had my first tweet dis today. Some asshole cold-called me from a number that is quite similar to that of one of my clients. So I picked up even though I was on my way out the door. He tried to sell me something related to something we don't do. So I said, "Sorry, we don't do that. Gotta go." Minutes later he sends a long finger wagging email to the Contact Us email on our website. THEN he tweets "Lizawithazee from Broadway: 'we don't do this thing I sell that obviously she is stupid to do even though they are not even in that business.' Really?"

I'm sure you get what I mean. But anyway, I am pissed.
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britneyspearstears
05/20/09

In reply to The Twitterati Hates Buckling Down for Work
@Ms. Orlean: Don't you mean Harakiri?
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Mount_Prion
05/20/09

In reply to The Twitterati Hates Buckling Down for Work
I believe that this feature would be more fun if it felt like shout-outs in a CD jacket--I think a few slow people still buy CDs--and less like gawker-stalker for entities generally less attractive and/or washed up than the celeb crowd.
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belltolls
05/20/09

In reply to The Twitterati Hates Buckling Down for Work
I always confuse Susan Orlean with Janet Fitch because I was once in a bakery in LA and someone pointed out Janet Fitch who was in the store and she was very nice talking to everyone and stuff and things but you see the problem is her book is "White Orleander" and Susan Orlean's big book was the The Orchid Thief...do you see what is happening here! So anytime I hear of Susan Orlean I actually picture Janet Fitch in the bakery. That was more than 140 characters wasn't it?
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El Matardillo
05/20/09

In reply to The Twitterati Hates Buckling Down for Work
This post was pretty insidery. The jury is still out.
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