Really!?!

Really, Darlene Harris? Really!?! You dropped out of the Pittsburgh mayoral primary race polling in the single digits and now you're contemplating an independent run in the general election? Really? Even the embattled current mayor thinks it's a bad idea and he spent $161,000 against Democratic nominee Bill Peduto who he now supports. Where do you think your support will come from? That's the sound of one hand clapping you hear. Really!

Really, Ken Cuccinelli? Really!?! You want to restore anti-sodomy laws -- the same ones that were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court a decade ago. Really? In a state whose advertising declares "it's for lovers." Really! Are your trying to out-Santorum fellow Virginian Rick Santorum? Is there something in the water there? This begs the question have you ever had a blow job, and if not, can someone legislate you one so you can get over it? Really!!

Really, Anthony Weiner? Really!?! Your name is weiner and your sexted photos of your wiener made you have to resign as a congressman. Yet you're saying you won't drop out of the NYC mayoral race even though there's more sexts coming out now -- ones you did after your resignation. Really? Does NYC need a Mayor Carlos Danger? Can you maybe take just a little sip of whatever Cuccinelli is drinking? Really!!!

Really, American Media? Really!?! We fought the British so that we never had to give a royal f*ck about all things royal and here you are orgasiming over the birth of the latest royal. Really? Sam Adams isn't just a beer you drink to toast the latest in the line of inbreds whose worth is determined by between whose legs they popped out of. He was one of many who risked life and limb to publish articles against the idea of royalty. History. Journalism. You might want to look into that. REALLY!

Jobs are important (unless they're held by women)

Women doing whatever it is they do that we need not concern ourselves with

The Associated Press (And Republicans): Jobs and the economy are the number one most important issue in this country, unless those jobs are held by women and then they are a mere distraction.

Ms. Mon & Ms. Clark

Two new blogs by two local women at two MSM:

Ms. Mon's Salon
Frances Monahan (Ms. Adventures on the Mon, This Just In @ Pittsburgh City Paper) is also now blogging at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Thanks for the shout out!)

Ms.blog: Jeanne Clark
Jeanne K. Clark (PennFuture & President of the Squirrel Hill chapter of NOW) is now blogging at Ms. Magazine.

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HOW TO: Report The News/Write An Incendiary Blog Post

HOW TO: Report The News


HOW TO: Write An Incendiary Blog Post

Coyote Crossing: This is the title of a typical incendiary blog post
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When is a quote not a quote?

Apparently when it's the journamalism practised in the book Game Change.

Like me, you may have been hearing the "quote" by Bill Clinton to Ted Kennedy regarding Barack Obama that, “A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.”

Problem is that it's not an actual quote.

How do I know this? Is it just something that Bill Clinton is claiming?

No.

It's the authors of Game Change themselves who say it's not an actual quote.

From The Plum Line:

The claim about Clinton’s explosive remarks came on page 218 of Game Change:

The day after Iowa, he phoned Kennedy and pressed for an endorsement, making the case for his wife. But Bill then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy. Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.

The remark is not in quotes. And the authors’ note from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann states explicitly their rationale for choosing not to put dialog in quotes:

Where dialog is not in quotes, it is paraphrased, reflecting only a lack of certainly on the part of our sources about precise wording, not about the nature of the statements.

This is kind of amazing. By the authors’ own stated guidelines, this might not have been the “precise wording” Clinton used. Yet it has been the basis for a huge amount of media discussion all the same, with some suggesting racism on Clinton’s part.

To be clear, it’s very possible that Clinton did say something along these lines. It seems very likely that he did belittle Obama. But come on: In cases like these, when people are hinting at racism, the precise wording is everything. And in this case, the whole claim is based on an anonymous source’s recollection that someone who has now passed away told him or her that Clinton said something like this.

Amazing indeed!

A hat tip to A Spork in the Drawer for the link to The Plum Line -- but please do read his entire post on the joke journamalism of the MSM here.
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RIP Walter Cronkite

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Palin and the Media

Just a reminder that while soon-to-be-ex Gov. Sarah "Quitter" Palin is now threatening to sue anyone in the media -- including bloggers -- who dare to criticize her, she hasn't always had much empathy towards those who were on the receiving end of hits from the MSM.

Palin calling Hillary Clinton a whiner:


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So you think Pittsburgh blogs are disappearing...

The City Paper's Chris Potter surveys the carnage in the Pittsburgh print media and notes that female columnists in particular are becoming an endangered species.

Read it here.
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MSM

Which Came First?

In the December 5th edition of the Wall Street Journal Peggy Noonan opined that 'At Least Bush Kept Us Safe' after 9/11.

Yesterday, we learned that the Bush Administration had put out a two-page talking points memo to "Cabinet members and other high-ranking officials" that "offers a guide for discussing Bush's eight-year tenure during their public speeches" which contains a primary (false) point that Bush '"kept the American people safe" after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...'

Did Noonan get the memo, or did her column help dictate it, or is this really all the Right has left?

Speaking of Right and Left

Chris Potter, editor of the Pittsburgh City Paper, slices and dices Ruth Ann Dailey's plea for something called "nonpartisan news" in the comments section of this Pittsburgh Comet post.
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