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Steverino Begins
06:00 PM

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"You said...we did it...for the show."
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unclevanya
05:06 PM

In reply to Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention
Wow! Angry!

But the real problem is, all too many people DO take what Sarah Palin says seriously, just because it fits with their thinking. And while none of them read the Washington Post, they find the article via Google or AOL, and the damage is done.
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Mike Jahn
05:33 PM

@unclevanya: I never thought I'd be rooting for the presidential aspirations of Mike Bloomberg. 'Cause he may be the only one who can save us from her two years hence.
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Lysergic Asset
05:53 PM

@Mike Jahn: You're forgetting Jesus, who also thinks she's nuts.
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Perhaps Not
04:26 PM

In reply to Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention
Dude, I have a great idea for the Washington Post - you know what would get them LOADS of attention? An op-ed by David Duke! Or Jon Gosselin! Or Charles Manson could write something for the paper, possibly in feces! Seriously, if the sole object of journalism is to stir up tabloidy controversy, there are loads of better ways to go about it.

If, on the other hand, you want to pander to a disturbingly influential segment of the populace that clings desperately to nonsensical pseudo-science and bigotry and possibly also please your corporate advertisers who would really feel more comfortable without all that well-meaning but profit-reducing governement regulation, then you have hit the Palin jackpot, Mr. Hiatt.
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m4ximusprim3
04:19 PM

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That round table better be one of the Camelot sized ones. Their asses are narrow, but numerous.
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MissNormaDesmond
04:17 PM

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In other words, the Washington Post just endorsed trolling.
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WordyNinja
04:23 PM

@MissNormaDesmond: ZING!
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MissNormaDesmond
04:30 PM

@WordyNinja: I'm kind of serious. That's their justification: anything that causes talk and draws attention is good. We're not going to maintain any standards about whose opinion we publish, we're just going to go for whatever will generate the highest-volume response.

In a world where Matt Drudge is considered a journalist, it almost makes sense.
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Little Ben Bradlee
04:38 PM

@MissNormaDesmond: Bite me, you old crow.
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Lysergic Asset
05:57 PM

@MissNormaDesmond: Well, at least they're honest, unlike many other 'news' organizations which do the same thing under the pretense of presenting austere and unbiased journalism.
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MissNormaDesmond
06:33 PM

@Little Ben Bradlee: Oh, well played.
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
04:17 PM

In reply to Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention
I'll not attempt to defend the editorial standards at the Washington Post, but I would like to relay a quick anecdote.

I emailed Marcus Brauchli, the executive editor at the Post yesterday, attempting to take him to task for the lack of fact-checking or editorial responsibility at the paper.

He actually emailed me back, which is pretty damn rare. I've excerpted his response below:

"Thanks for taking the time to write. The Op-Ed page is under the editorial-page editor, Fred Hiatt, who is copied here and can address your concerns about the contribution from Sarah Palin. I will say, however, that I don't think most of our readers believe we print whatever is submitted to us, nor do I think sensible readers believe we are biased, nor do I think those perceptions, even among those who may hold them, have anything substantial to do with the problems facing our industry."

Well, ain't America great?
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Tremonius
05:20 PM

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: Translation: The Washington Times went down, so there must be lots of PUMA flotsam out there.
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Lysergic Asset
06:01 PM

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: Did Mr. Brauchli's e-mail include this picture of himself?
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
06:04 PM

@Lysergic Asset: HAHAHAHA!!!! That's cracking my shit up!

I should say, in his defense, that I've never had someone personally respond to an email like that. I do give him props for that. Rush Limbaugh never emails me back; I guess he must be really busy.

#tips
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Lysergic Asset
06:08 PM

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: Rush is just stocking up on his hypertension medication in preparation for properly responding to you.

Also, you are awesome for doing things like this. I am a huge cyber-activist (I live in Mexico and can't do much else). I can't tell you how many impassioned e-mails I sent to CNN before they dumped Beck & Dobbs. No one ever replied, but I sure had fun expressing myself.
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raincoaster
04:09 PM

In reply to Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention
I'm really mortified that the Province, BC's sleaziest newspaper, has run the Palin op-ed. It's not like we don't have our own inbred troglodytes in BC, and we can pay ours in timbits and poutine.
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Swifter
04:18 PM

@raincoaster: But at least you have Peter Mansfield, the World's Most Intelligent Human Being.
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raincoaster
04:22 PM

@Swifter: Le sigh. He is awesome.
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Swifter
04:24 PM

@raincoaster: His forehead is the size of a planet.
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Pope John Peeps II
04:56 PM

@raincoaster: Oh The Province. Another wonderful Canwest product.

CANWEST: A 1-act play.

"Hey we're canwest! Let's gut local news and arts coverage".
"Okay boss, but what are we going to do about content".
"Look at how many articles already exist on [topic x], let's get them from somewhere".
"But won't that make our paper look fucking retarded? To have articles written by people who aren't necessarily attached to the newspaper, or even the city, or even the province".
"Oh Bobby, you're thinking is small potatoes. Look at this article about Dane Cook from the Los Angeles Times. Since he's coming to Ottawa, Canada for a show, wouldn't it be great to pipe that article from LOS ANGELES to OTTAWA?!??!??!?!"
"Sir wasn't that too much punctuation just now?"
"I jUSt hAd a STroKe. I'm A GodDDamn ReTArd."
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Tremonius
05:29 PM

@Pope John Peeps II: The homogenity of our culture, where vast radio corporations broadcast weather and news for smalltown America from one central metropolitan location, and where every small AM community is offered for free one each three-hour block of Limbo daily, gratis. And where in our town, which went for Magoo and his doxie to the tune of 19%, the bookstore which has been in the community forever scoffs at Simple Sarah, whereas the chain and Costco present her in stacks like oatmeal as if we were Dallas.

So, who's winning, us or them? I forget how many outs it is.
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Lucky
03:56 PM

In reply to Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention
After the Various Women Tiger Woods Has Fucked discuss monetary policy, the Washington Post is pleased to announce that it will run a series of op-ed pieces by the cast of Jersey Shore on the state of feminism today.
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misslinda
03:54 PM

In reply to Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention
The fact that you referenced Tiger's Bimbos is proof that the Reign of Gosselin Terror has officially ended. All hail the new Tabloid Queens!
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Trai_Dep
12/09/09

In reply to Sarah Palin's Washington Post Op-Ed Debunked
We demand that our fifteen-year-olds take written tests in controlled environments to ensure they actually wrote the words they take credit for.
I humbly suggest that anything good enough for America's children - our children! - is good enough for Sarah.
The SAT organization needs to proctor any and all Palin editorials, past, present and future.
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manchops
12/09/09

In reply to Sarah Palin's Washington Post Op-Ed Debunked
The thing I've never understood: other than the anti-"leftie tree huggers and PETA save all animals" kinda folk, just why in the world would anyone benefit off creating the "myth" of global warming? Damn, wouldn't we all be dancing in the streets if we found out this thing weren't true? What could anyone possibly be "gaining" or "profiting" off the concept that there is a very good chance we are completely destroying the very ground we walk on and air we breathe?
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Lysergic Asset
12/09/09

@manchops: There you go again, using your liberal elitist skills of reasoning, logic, intelligence, observation and common sense.
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Island of Misfit Toys
12/09/09

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I really don't know what to make of this Global Warming/Not Really argument. I don't believe any of them anymore.

Does anyone have a link to a non-biased investigation into what's going on?
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heathershelb001
12/09/09

@Island of Misfit Toys: Pictures don't lie: [www.extremeicesurvey.org]

Global warming is real. The emails honestly don't prove that anything was fabricated. This video isn't exactly non-biased, but it explains it all in a way that makes complete sense: [www.youtube.com]
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Lysergic Asset
12/09/09

@Island of Misfit Toys: [sjove-film.dk]

... oh wait, you said non-biased.

Unfortunately, it's something that can only be irrefutably 'proven' in the worst-case scenario.
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Island of Misfit Toys
12/09/09

@heathershelb001: @therivercharley: @l'américaine française: @Lysergic Asset:

Thanks to everyone. I'll take a look at the links.

To l'americaine: I used to work for NASA, so I understand the validity/non-validity of their public documents.
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Lysergic Asset
12/09/09

@Island of Misfit Toys: Please don't hate me, mine was (sort of) a joke.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
12/09/09

In reply to Sarah Palin's Washington Post Op-Ed Debunked
These morons keep blathering on about how fake climate change is and the "War on Christmas". Can we start a loud protest against the "War on Intelligence"?
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HurtsSoGood
12/09/09

@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): THIS.
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Mike Jahn
12/09/09

In reply to Sarah Palin's Washington Post Op-Ed Debunked
It's well known that a 1 degree temperature rise at the equator results in a 4-5 degree rise in the Arctic. Can she swim?
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Lysergic Asset
12/09/09

@Mike Jahn: Jesus will carry her.
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PaisleyPajamas
12/09/09

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She may not be governor of Alaska anymore, but she still works for Big Oil. Every opportunity to spout her pro-drill position seems to cause her to throw the bus into overdrive and careen off the cliff of rational thought.

I am so OVER the paranoia and fear tactics of the Red Party. It is delusional. And it is lying. It has also stopped being amusing.
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