dagblog - Comments for "Jake Tapper demands everyone apologizes for saying “Druidism is not a real religion”"

Ken Rudin

Orlando — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:55:39 +0000

In reply to Then we were kindred spirits

Ken Rudin apologized.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200910220026

Maybe if the headline was

DF — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:46:56 +0000

In reply to Unfortunately, no one appears

Maybe if the headline was "Jake Tapper kills three with bare hands"?

I can see only one of two

DF — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:45:26 +0000

In reply to Actually, I thought they were

I can see only one of two ways to parse his comment. Either he means that they traffic in both news and opinion and the WH can't tell the difference or he means that the WH was foolish to mistake Fox for a news organization. If it's case two, I'll agree with him. If it's case one, I think it's incumbent upon them to specify.

Then we were kindred spirits

DF — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:42:24 +0000

In reply to I listened to that as well

Then we were kindred spirits today. I have never before today attempted to call in. Unfortunately, I couldn't get through. The other thing that pissed me off was listening David Carr indulge in the rank-and-file false equivalence between Fox and MSNBC. Rudin had to backpedal at one point ("well, not equally outrageous"), but Carr's missive about the ebb and flow of liberal and conservative media during different administrations was patent bullshit. Fox became the most popular cable network, full stop, during the Bush administration. That really puts the lie to his line about liberal media supposedly gaining more popularity during conservative administrations.

Funny. I index bagdlog under

quinn esq — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:10:18 +0000

In reply to I just love that dagblog is

Funny. I index bagdlog under "confiscatory taxation." And "crapweasel."

Unfortunately, no one appears

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:45:40 +0000

In reply to FYI: Do a google search for

Unfortunately, no one appears to be interested in Jake Tapper. Try Oprah.

I just love that dagblog is

Nebton — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:17:27 +0000

In reply to FYI: Do a google search for

I just love that dagblog is indexed by Google News as a "news" site. Of course, it's more deserving of that label than FoxNews.com, but still…

No, now you're thinking of

Nebton — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:15:25 +0000

In reply to Objectively, your whole post

No, now you're thinking of the paladins…

Actually, I thought they were

Nebton — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:14:20 +0000

In reply to I honestly don't know. I've

Actually, I thought they were claiming that what Obama took as news was really just their opinion programming (i.e., that "defense" I referred to earlier). That implies (to me) that somewhere they do something other than opinion programming, but it's not necessarily a clear claim to it.

I listened to that as well

Orlando — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:03:58 +0000

In reply to I'm listening to them discuss

I listened to that as well and for the first time ever wanted to call in to call bullshit. I don't understand how news organizations and journalists come to the defense of Fox. It's so blatantly and obviously not news. I don't object to the existence of Fox. But they are liars. They're not fair. They're not balanced. They don't tell the truth. When I learned about journalism, those were sort of key ingredients.