You know—the conservative anthropologist, who comes on camera frequently to explain to CNN’s on-air talent the behavior of these peculiar species known as “conservatives” or “Republicans.”
David Gergen is getting stale—time for a fresh, new face up there!
I can almost hear the National Geographic theme music in the background.
Read on…
In today’s Powerline John Hindraker calls for conservatives to expand the parallel media architechture we’ve built to counter the MSM’s liberal bias:
[t]he mainstream media–which is to say, most reporters and editors who work for “mainstream” news organizations–have no honor and are not interested in truth. They are, as Card says, “the public relations machine of the Democratic Party.” It’s time to accept that fact and move on.
Our existing news organizations–the New York Times, the Associated Press, NBC, CNN, CBS, and so on–can’t be reformed, they can only be ignored. It is time for conservatives, libertarians, moderates, and normal citizens who are interested in straightforward reporting of the news to build their own news organizations in competition with the corrupt ones that now exist.
Well…CNN might take note of that and think to itself:
Hmmm…maybe Howard Kurtz won’t be enough this time.Normally, after an election, we deploy Howard Kurtz for a series of hard-hitting “investigations” on liberal bias in the media. We listen thoughtfully to what Howard has to say, nod knowingly as he tells us that we need to do better…and then ignore him.
That may not work this time. While John Hinderaker is a conservative, he’s no nut.
We might need to try something new.
A ha! We can fool people by bringing in some fresh token conservatives to put on the air!
Who can we get. We need a new, fresh face!
I wouldn’t be surprised if Kathleen Parker thought the same thing to herself a month or so ago, right before she called on Palin and the McCain campaign to commit political seppuku when she urged Palin to withdraw from the race “for the country.”
Kathleen, had you ever been on the Colbert Show before? Yet, you wrote that article—and suddenly, you weren’t obscure anymore!
Hey, David Gergen—you may want to be looking for a new TV gig soon.
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
Dan Spencer
Jeff Emanuel
Neil Stevens
Oops---hit "save" instead of "preview"
smagar (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 5:49AM EDT (link)And I’d already had two cups of coffee this morning!
The last three paragraphs should not be part of that last blockquote; they should be flush with the left margin instead.
And, the emphasis in the first blockquote was not in the original.
Must get more coffee…
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
I think there's payola going on.
Tim_Schieferecke (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:28AM EDT (link)There’s something fishy going on even on FOX. Listening to Brit Hume and most of the Fox “allstars” speak about Barry, you’d think you were listening to the North Korean News at Nine fawning over their exalted leader. Really, how hard would it be for a Soros front group to pay out to any Judas newsman or woman without getting caught? I say it would be pretty easy.
Tim Schieferecke
You have a good point though
Dave_in_Fla (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:31AM EDT (link)Parker and many of the other “conservative elites” are throwing us under the bus. They figure McCain won’t win, so they are positioning to survive in the further left leaning Washington/NYC environment. If by some miracle, McCain does win, then they will worm their way back into our good graces with a few “oh so reasonable” editorials.
Personally, I’m ready to hold the pundits on “our” side accountable for their behavior this election. They pushed McCain on us as the “only one who can win”, then once we got on board to do the heavy lifting, they ran for the hills.
Weekly Standard, Fox All-Stars, and at least half of National Review are deserving of significant punishment and marginalization, regardless of the outcome of this election.
“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” – Joe McCarthy
Ready for (right) change
RedWhite_and_Truth (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:46AM EDT (link)I’m with you, Dave. So sick and tired of these wimps who are so afraid of saying they are conservative, or adhering to conservative principles, for fear of what? A bunch of left-wing moonbats, who take pleasure in navel-gazing of themselves, or of their own ilk?
I am ready for a new crop of news organizations, and not just Fox, which I am afraid is stumbling all over themselves to be too “fair and balanced.” (Why not just present the conservative side of the issues? THAT would BE the balanced view. Leave the Lib view to all the rest. Sheesh.)
As a recovering journalist, I know that there are plenty of conservatives who would jump at the chance to work for a paper, TV station, etc. that presented a conservative point of view.
Newsflash---even Fox News is liberal
JSobieski (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:55AM EDT (link)I remember reading an article a few montsh ago about political donations from reporters and newsroom personnel.
At a place like NBC, there wasn’t a single donation for a R candidate, not even one for Rudy.
At Fox, the democrat candidate donations still outnumbered the republican donations–by a pretty decent margin.
Did you know that China has been losing manufacturing jobs since 1995? For the specific data, see Table 1 in the following link: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf
I agree, but Fox has mostly been able to
Tim_Schieferecke (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 8:01AM EDT (link)maintain some semblance of objectivity till this cycle IMHO. I was watching Brit Hume (for the last time) the other night, with my son. Brit started talking about how “attractive” Obama was, and he asked me if he was gay. I said, “I don’t think so”, and turned the channel.
Tim Schieferecke
It's frightening...
H (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 11:11AM EDT (link)To watch what used to be republican journalists throwing poo at the republican candidates and heaping praise on the democrat makes me wonder if they are covering their collective carcasses in advance of a feared post election pogrom or something like that. Yeah, it’s crazy TFH stuff and not really an intellectually appropriate RedState comment… but what do they know that I don’t? Or what did they drink/smoke that I missed out on?
I’ve grown accustomed to the MSM fawning on the democrats. It’s creepy and frightening when the formerly conservative friendly media hops on the bandwagon during the very time that the US economy is essentially being nationalized. It’s like I woke up in another country – and it ain’t mine anymore.
right on
Alberta (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 1:48PM EDT (link)I agree 100%. Most people wouldnt claim McCain as their first choice (or second or third..) and just like you said, Dave, the moment we started to get behind the guy the stories of doom and gloom couldnt come quick enough.
She wrote a story that my local fish wrap picked up that basically accused Saint Reagan of ruining the party by letting people like Palin in. The girl is batmoon crazy. The story of this election will be how Palin and Joe dragged McCain across the finish line and into the Whitehouse.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln
McCain-Palin or Obama-Biden
David123 (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 2:01PM EDT (link)That is the choice.
Any objective person who is concerned that the successful governor of our largest state couldn’t function well as president should be terrified at the thought of Obama in the oval office.
David123
The last few days especially
1SGinTN (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 5:22PM EDT (link)I’ve noticed that on FNN myself. I catch Rush & Hannity on the Nashville Fox radio station, today I noticed something striking. Both of them today touched on the polls, of course. Covered the fact that the polls will show the race tightening in the final days in order to protect their credibility; which polls are acurate and which are not, the two polls in a couple of states that showed a lead swap; etc. I’ll be doggone if the network’s news blurb at the top of every hour didn’t lead with “Obama leads in the polls!!” with little qualification or detail. Could have just as well been a CNN news report.
Tu Ne Cede Malis
-Virgil
Hey even I think Obama is an attractive candidate to many voters
JSobieski (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 10:13PM EDT (link)who aren’t issue based.
I see Obama as the candidate of the century for college students.
Question is, how many will vote.
Did you know that China has been losing manufacturing jobs since 1995? For the specific data, see Table 1 in the following link: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf
I hope they remember to vote on the 5th.
Tim_Schieferecke (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 10:25PM EDT (link)I must admit that as a political junky, and knowing what I know about The One, I am unable to see him as anything but a hard line socialist tool.
Tim Schieferecke
Part of me would like to like Obama
JSobieski (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 11:41PM EDT (link)But part of me also wonders what it would feel like to jump out of a plane without a parachute.
I guess I have a greater self-destructive impulse then you do—which is bad for me, good for you.
Did you know that China has been losing manufacturing jobs since 1995? For the specific data, see Table 1 in the following link: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf
My son is doing his history project on King John.
Tim_Schieferecke (Diary) Wednesday, October 22nd at 11:48PM EDT (link)He was quite a man. We’ve delved pretty deep into his life, and I believe a blockbuster Hollywood movie could be made about his life. I’d love to see Mel Gibson take that on as a project!
Tim Schieferecke
The other 9/11 --- September 11, 1683
JSobieski (Diary) Thursday, October 23rd at 1:34AM EDT (link)It would make a great movie. I’m surprised no Polish film maker (there are some good ones out there) has ventured to make a film on this topic.
I guess we Americans make the best action/war sequences . . .
Did you know that China has been losing manufacturing jobs since 1995? For the specific data, see Table 1 in the following link: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf
The problem would be how to limit the scope of the movie.
Tim_Schieferecke (Diary) Thursday, October 23rd at 8:21AM EDT (link)From the late 1640s (Cossack Uprising), to the Battle of Vienna in 1683, he was in a state of almost constant battle. I would love to see Gibson’s cinematography for his Winged Husaria troops. They really had no equal with their cavalry charge and the use of the 20 foot long lance. It was 17th century shock and awe when they rode into the enemy infantry. My son wants to go to Poland someday to see the various places Sobieski lived in and fought at. He thinks it’s neat to be a descendent of his.
Tim Schieferecke
William Wallace spent all his time fighting or preparing to fight as well
JSobieski (Diary) Thursday, October 23rd at 2:12PM EDT (link)If your son does go to Poland, let me know and I can provide some tourist tips
Did you know that China has been losing manufacturing jobs since 1995? For the specific data, see Table 1 in the following link: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf