tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post333831680160844170..comments2024-03-28T00:02:35.850-05:00Comments on driftglass: Joe Klein, David Frum and a BBC News Reader Walk Into an Alternate Universedriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-45827766072076414662016-03-16T10:22:02.633-05:002016-03-16T10:22:02.633-05:00Right on. Right on. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318481503190739811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19725334838096809752016-03-16T05:12:13.250-05:002016-03-16T05:12:13.250-05:00It's all about tailoring. You need to have one...It's all about tailoring. You need to have one of those special suit jackets that looks good on both the outside and the inside. Stylishly bankable under all regimes.Potomackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047837559244141708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49928261973302721362016-03-15T17:13:17.827-05:002016-03-15T17:13:17.827-05:00NPR is "nice polite republicans".
And a...NPR is "nice polite republicans".<br /><br />And as with every thought a conservative has ever had, we already spent years trying it and it didn't work. Being positive and congenial to the right didn't work, so we aren't doing it anymore.steevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12620735494191381865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-46274663295113212412016-03-15T16:35:50.952-05:002016-03-15T16:35:50.952-05:00The BBC, esp BBC America, is just Fox Lite, same a...The BBC, esp BBC America, is just Fox Lite, same as NPR (which I call National Propaganda Radio). My friends across the small pond in the UK have assured me for decades, really, that the BBC is nothing more, nothing less than a propaganda outlet. Just gotten worse and more obvious in recent years. So, just an FYI, and sorry to disabuse any notions that BBC provides any "better quality" info than anything here in the USA.<br /><br />I duly note that the Beeb interviewer began by asking if it wasn't really OBAMA's fault for the rise of the Trumpeters. Witness that and realize what it means. Just saying...RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-88357882737408531962016-03-15T15:31:41.763-05:002016-03-15T15:31:41.763-05:00What Jeff said. While I don't expect anything ...What Jeff said. While I don't expect anything better from MSNBC and the rest of degraded TV/Radio "newsmedia" I had expected better of the Beeb. Sigh.mainmatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260650501178635707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62230467948522422472016-03-15T15:31:26.879-05:002016-03-15T15:31:26.879-05:00Becuz you're illegitimate Driftglass. How many...Becuz you're illegitimate Driftglass. How many times do have to be told? A prophet is without honor save in his own country. It does not matter if Cassandra is right. It only matters if she has big boobs, is blonde and has juicy insider sycophant gossip to spill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-87314207349753350422016-03-15T13:41:58.654-05:002016-03-15T13:41:58.654-05:00"...did I miss the big cattle call for people..."...did I miss the big cattle call for people to step forward and speak terrible truths about the Bush Administration and the Republican party base?..."<br /><br />Well, yes, apparently. It's was some weeks ago when Trump ripped the Bush Crime Syndicate a new one and spoke some factual truth about how the WBushCo regime in no way "kept America safe."<br /><br />It appears that Frum - whorish hack that he is - saw his opportunity and is snatching and grabbing where he can. Who knows? Maybe Frum had some smidgeon of ethics whilst fluffing W & Cheney and is enjoying telling some version of the "truth" for a change. But it appears that Trump has made it acceptable to speak freely about the Reign of Error of W. <br /><br />I don't even want to get into how vile and bilious this is, and then with Klein - and sadly, I remember Klein all too well, no matter how damn hard I try to forget that scummy rat turd - adjuring the DFHs to, ya know, be all positive-y and do, you know, something "useful" for a change, like, you know (duh), register some voters and drive them to the polls.<br /><br />Suck on it, Joe, you lazy bastard. You've never done anything useful in your entire worthless senseless "life." You know nothing about anything, and condescendingly adjuring me about registering voters is beyond the pale. Schmegge.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-64167540956395635372016-03-15T13:31:46.064-05:002016-03-15T13:31:46.064-05:00Because, Driftglass, you are not in the rolodex.
...Because, Driftglass, you are not in the rolodex.<br /><br />There is a club, and you aren't in it.<br /><br />And no, they are not looking for new members. You can leave your application in the round file by the door where it will get all of the attention DFB thinks it deserves.<br /><br />Unfortunate as hell - but, we all know that the business of media is not news or analysis, or even commentary.<br /><br />What happens to MSNBC if they can't keep the Wall Street legions happy? They don't believe there is a market for being right. There is a market, however, for telling the rich what they really want to hear.<br /><br />The rest of us can go hang.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730445780557359154noreply@blogger.com