Comments on: Ambinder: Sorry I Was So Stupid, But I Was Right To Be Stupid

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:05:34 +0000

This story is only new because he has a book to sell. Period.

well, that, and the fact that ambinder admits he has no clue what journalism is all about

and then doubled down on teh stupid

and got burned again

the dude’s gettin advice on what jobs would be compatible with the stenography skills he exhibits

hey ambinder, I prefer NOT

By: DaddyO

DaddyO — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:12:22 +0000

Ridge admitted the color code warnings were not based on objective evidence, in 2005. He strongly hinted such, by saying he was ordered by the White House as to WHEN to change the colors.

This story is only new because he has a book to sell. Period.

By: cyntax

cyntax — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:14:05 +0000

Nice work sqewering Ambinder’s complete lack of critical faculties Marcy. He’s just another example of how most of our “professional” media really just acts as stenographers for the monied interests who cut their paychecks.

By: ScoutFinch

ScoutFinch — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:03:33 +0000

What Gasman said.

As I posted UT, the cognitive dissonance in my analytical mind caused by the relentless cheerleading and factfree “news” presentations up to and during the War in Iraq almost made me go insane.

And as someone else posted, I, too, had to defend my visceral distrust of Bushco to loved ones under my own roof who spent waaaay too much time watching all the propaganda on tv. It is totally insidious to the untrained mind.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:20:54 +0000

I needed this post. Lately I have had free floating anxiety as I felt my hatred for Dubya wafting away with the passage of time, replaced with disgust for gun toting assholes screaming “Liar” anytime they were confronted with facts about health care reform; and just the general soothing effects of summer days in the garden and on the humid shores of eastern NC. It’s just been too much work to maintain that rightous hatred. And yet; now comes the affirmation of what we all knew instictivly, that the Bushites manipulated the terror threat color codes to political advantage. Sewing fear for political gain like tossing gallons of Roundup into a garden of lush summer tomatoes. KAFUCKING BAM! It is back! The loathing returns. That soggy, sweaty , nasty cloak of hate for a truly evil man is mine to carry around all summer now. Welcome back ol’ pal, with every tell- all book from the Bush crowd the hatred will be a constant companion with each passing season..

By: Gasman

Gasman — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:33:19 +0000

lupe,
I’ll gladly give props to Krugman. But, as in the case of the four previously mention on TV, Krugman is not really a journalist. Most journalists simply did not do their jobs. Knight-Ridder and McClatchy reporters did some good work, but they were left to go it alone. Even the New York Times - what conservatives would term the scion of the liberal press - was on the “War with Iraq” bandwagon.

In the print world, I would single out Pat Oliphant and possibly Mike Peters as being the boldest foes of the Cheney/Bush regime. Again, it is the comedians and not the journalists that seem to have been doing the most serious criticism!

Oliphant was at the forefront of criticism of Nixon, Reagan, Bush the greater, and Bush the lesser. He was also withering in his mocking of President Clinton. He has also shown a willingness to go after President Obama as well. Go Pat!

By: lupe

lupe — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:33:41 +0000

Krugman was pretty brave, too, though he was mostly in print.

By: Downpuppy

Downpuppy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:56:29 +0000

I seem to have been the only one to read through to the bizarre conclusion:

the political team at the White House had the honor of using policy to advance politics.

He’s one messed up soul.

By: DianneS

DianneS — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:18:58 +0000

Which is why reading Ambinder is a waste of time. He could have done journalism, but prefers sitting on his aqss and bashing people who were and are right.

By: klynn

klynn — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:37:05 +0000

My favorite comment from the Ambinder failed apology attempt:

Don’t sell yourself short, Mr. Ambinder. You are TOO a symbol of everything wrong with journalism.

Although, this one was pretty good too:

You’re so vain, you probably think Stephen Colbert’s monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner was about you.

And by the way…

“…these folks based their assumption on gut hatred for President Bush…”

Interesting choice of words in the present environment of hate displays currently towards Obama. Me thinks Ambinder doth project too much.