Comments on: Froomkin’s Sins of the Village

By: Leen

Leen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:18:40 +0000

The drumbeat started beating just after the invasion of Iraq

By: MidnightWalker

MidnightWalker — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:06:59 +0000

WaPo wants America to read a zionist war pig instead, they replaced Froomkin with Paul Wolfowitz. The “liberal media” recycles neo-cons. Look at Wolfowitz’ first article, the Iran War drumbeat has begun by the Israel-first Wolfowitz, that’s what I call an American traitor:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....03496.html

So, the “liberal” Washington Post fires a liberal, to put in a column by a recycled war criminal.

By: SparklestheIguana

SparklestheIguana — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:11:02 +0000

Paul Krugman weighs in.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.c.....in-firing/

By: alibe50

alibe50 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:51:07 +0000

I figure the WaPoop is thinking it might get a 0bama bailout. and if they have an homest journalist who does his job, then no bail out for the POS newspaper. It makes me sick.

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:56:01 +0000

It’s a great example of political censorship and of just how far CheneyBush moved the goal posts to the right. Those expensive midfield seats are now on the goal line.

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:52:58 +0000

The WaPoo is homogenizing the Reichwing news the way Clear Channel homogenized music radio (”because that’s what the people want!”). Beat reporters and real, original news is the first thing to go. Apart from taking time and being expensive, facts have such an ugly way of irritating the powers that be.

By: GrievanceProject

GrievanceProject — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:35:47 +0000

Is that what gets you fired in the Village these days? Adhering to principle over party?

Yes, especially if you’re engaged in an on-going battle with management. Recent Froomkin articles at the Nieman Journalism Lab indicate he wasn’t pleased with WaPo management:

May 26: Dan Froomkin: Why “playing it safe” is killing American newspapers

May 27: Dan Froomkin: Shout truth from the rooftops; passion is part of our job

May 28: Dan Froomkin: How to better use our biggest assets, beat reporters

May 29: Dan Froomkin’s five-point plan on how to reconnect with readers

By: NoOneYouKnow

NoOneYouKnow — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:12:29 +0000

Gary Webb’s a prime example of the MSM screwing a truthteller. As for Mark Lombardi, J.H. Hatfield, Danny Casalaro–some of the Villagers really don’t like the truth.

By: wagonjak

wagonjak — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:53:21 +0000

Dloerke(65)…you’ll see a lot clearer if you manage to remove your baseball-sized cranium out of your ass!

By: veforvendetta

veforvendetta — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:33:03 +0000

I agree, the only column I read @ WaPo was Froomkin… occasionally Carrie Johnson has an interesting tidbit, but the paper is schizophrenic with an inherent lean to the right while trying to bend the other way.

Think about, symbolically, what this move says: we are firing Froomkin who was critical of both Bush & Obama, and we are now showcasing Wolfowitz who is the disgraced former World Bank President and War Criminal.