Comments on: The return of Linda Foley http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:49:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DaveC http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-266235 DaveC Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:42:12 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-266235 ... and a strong chance she'll get elected too.. for the union that leans left.. what mattered was her narrative.. not her credibility.. much in the same case as Dan Rather and Mary Mapes (I think that was her name, the memogate story producer... ) ended up with a Pulitzer for some other story.. almost as a consolation prize.. … and a strong chance she’ll get elected too.. for the union that leans left.. what mattered was her narrative.. not her credibility..

much in the same case as Dan Rather and Mary Mapes (I think that was her name, the memogate story producer… ) ended up with a Pulitzer for some other story.. almost as a consolation prize..

]]> By: Neocon News » The fate of truthers a glimpse into the future of the anti-war left? http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265724 Neocon News » The fate of truthers a glimpse into the future of the anti-war left? Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:53:21 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265724 [...] terrorism in a global context as put forward by the Bush administration. I don’t see that changing anytime soon, even if it hurts [...] [...] terrorism in a global context as put forward by the Bush administration. I don’t see that changing anytime soon, even if it hurts [...]

]]> By: Regulus http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265593 Regulus Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:36:05 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265593 From the linked article: <blockquote>The problem is that in Modern Journalism “freedom of the press” is not about the freedom of all Americans to speak and publish their thoughts, or even about Americans at all. It is all about them — the freedom of journalists themselves, from whatever country they come from, to do whatever they want to do. In fact, she was condemning losses among journalists from Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV, which are based in countries that do not even pay lip service to “freedom of the press.”</blockquote> That is a wonderful summation of what American journalism has devolved into, squandering its inheritance from John Peter Zenger and Thomas Paine to wallow instead in a toxic cocktail of self-absorption, arrogance, partisanship and willful ignorance. Foley is one of the worst representatives of the type of person too commonly found among the ranks of reporters, editors and producers. I try not to look at my past in terms of regret, but looking at what's become of the profession over the quarter-century since I graduated with my journalism degree, it's hard to feel any other emotion when reflecting on my choice of major. It's also a reminder of why I think that Michelle and others like her in the alternative media are the edge of the wedge in building a new, "Fifth Estate" upon the ruins of the Fourth - and in so doing will take freedom of the press back to its roots. Zenger and Paine didn't need J-school degrees to have a significant impact on journalism itself or society as a whole. Michelle shows us the same thing every day. In a way, perhaps she's the real "Audacity of Hope" for what's otherwise been a dying profession. From the linked article:

The problem is that in Modern Journalism “freedom of the press” is not about the freedom of all Americans to speak and publish their thoughts, or even about Americans at all. It is all about them — the freedom of journalists themselves, from whatever country they come from, to do whatever they want to do. In fact, she was condemning losses among journalists from Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV, which are based in countries that do not even pay lip service to “freedom of the press.”

That is a wonderful summation of what American journalism has devolved into, squandering its inheritance from John Peter Zenger and Thomas Paine to wallow instead in a toxic cocktail of self-absorption, arrogance, partisanship and willful ignorance. Foley is one of the worst representatives of the type of person too commonly found among the ranks of reporters, editors and producers.

I try not to look at my past in terms of regret, but looking at what’s become of the profession over the quarter-century since I graduated with my journalism degree, it’s hard to feel any other emotion when reflecting on my choice of major.

It’s also a reminder of why I think that Michelle and others like her in the alternative media are the edge of the wedge in building a new, “Fifth Estate” upon the ruins of the Fourth – and in so doing will take freedom of the press back to its roots.

Zenger and Paine didn’t need J-school degrees to have a significant impact on journalism itself or society as a whole. Michelle shows us the same thing every day. In a way, perhaps she’s the real “Audacity of Hope” for what’s otherwise been a dying profession.

]]> By: terrig http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265574 terrig Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:55:44 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265574 <blockquote>On March 12th, 2008 at 9:22 pm, Tennessee Dave said: Like bad pennies and herpes-some things just won’t go away.</blockquote> That is a good one.

On March 12th, 2008 at 9:22 pm, Tennessee Dave said:
Like bad pennies and herpes-some things just won’t go away.

That is a good one.

]]> By: graysonret http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265511 graysonret Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:22:04 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265511 When there is money involved, getting their name in the news, plus cameras to smile at, the moonbats will always come crawling out of their holes. They think they are revelant...which shows their lack of reality. When there is money involved, getting their name in the news, plus cameras to smile at, the moonbats will always come crawling out of their holes. They think they are revelant…which shows their lack of reality.

]]> By: beenthere http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265380 beenthere Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:12:43 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265380 It's not like these people have been sorely missed; that there is a huge, gaping, insatiable demand for their services, one that only they can fill. Obscurity becomes them -- why don't they return to it? In other words, the clowns that have been holding the fort in their absence have been hired full-time. <em>Services no longer required, guys and whats.</em> It’s not like these people have been sorely missed; that there is a huge, gaping, insatiable demand for their services, one that only they can fill. Obscurity becomes them — why don’t they return to it?

In other words, the clowns that have been holding the fort in their absence have been hired full-time.

Services no longer required, guys and whats.

]]> By: mojoe http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265372 mojoe Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:55:06 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265372 Gee Mr. Peabody, I don't want to use the wayback machine to visit the 60's. Too many smelly hippies! Gee Mr. Peabody, I don’t want to use the wayback machine to visit the 60’s. Too many smelly hippies!

]]> By: Tennessee Dave http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265358 Tennessee Dave Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:22:45 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265358 Like bad pennies and herpes-some things just won't go away. Like bad pennies and herpes-some things just won’t go away.

]]> By: brooklyn red http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265356 brooklyn red Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:17:37 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265356 Q: "What is it with all these old moonbats resurfacing again? " A: 1968 + 40 = 2008, Forty years in the wilderness coming to an end. And they can (desperately)sense that this is it. juss saying Q: “What is it with all these old moonbats resurfacing again? ”

A: 1968 + 40 = 2008, Forty years in the wilderness coming to an end. And they can (desperately)sense that this is it.

juss saying

]]> By: AlohaGuy http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265355 AlohaGuy Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:14:28 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265355 Pandering to her base. Pandering to her base.

]]> By: ajmontana http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/comment-page-1/#comment-265353 ajmontana Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:10:24 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/12/the-return-of-linda-foley/#comment-265353 someones been hitting the "wayback" button instead of their "easy" button. gerry ferrero could have stayed in the shadows also..... someones been hitting the “wayback” button instead of their “easy” button.
gerry ferrero could have stayed in the shadows also…..

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