Coulter, Drudge, Limbaugh and the House Of Cronkite

From the Times story I gathered that the Rather has made really good progress in the discovery process. So do you think the judge will subpoena Sumner Redstone to be deposed?
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Rather can be extremely tenacious. It's part and parcel of how he got to be the CBS news anchor.
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I will fondly remember the exchange between Nixon and Rather at a Nixon news conference:
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Nixon: Mr. Rather are you running for something?
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Rather: No sir, are you?
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I think CBS will emerge from this with a black eye.

Good post, MS, I would never have come across this.
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No surprise at all. In all too many instances, the MSM substitutes political correctness for journalism, with political correctness defined by the people on that list. See, e.g., the run-up to the Iraq invasion, the debate over Mukasey as AG.

Shorter CBS to GOP: "I like you. Do you like me. ( ) Yes, ( ) No, ( ) Maybe."

MS writes: "Howard Kurtz writes today about all the kinda-creepy (or really-creepy?) ways news organizations are trying to merchandise Barack Obama's victory."
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MS, one could look at this kinda-creepy activity by the media as one of Obama's first steps to revitalize our economy. Assuming that people will actually buy all this stuff.

MS I am curious why you think/thought this?
"Dan Rather's lawsuit against his former employers has always seemed sort of a sideshow, a costly attempt by a fine journalist to regain his sullied reputation"

MS, a larger issue is the extent to which that particular list of RW shills drives msm coverage and decision making generally. Drudge ruling your world and all.
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Two threads ago, ivb3016 noted the "Newsweek story, "Is Obama the Anti-Christ?", that was widely promoted by right wing e-mails and talk radio." Can you, in your wildest imaginings, imagine that Newsweek cover story being written, and published, about a repuglican? Never, ever happen.
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I mean, seriously. Lil Debbie is having the vapors because even conservative columnists wrote nice things about Obama's magnificent campaign and honest things about McCain's despicable campaign. Not enough balance you see. All because the msm has "a reputation for liberal bias,” and “the harshest scrutiny was obviously going to come from the right.”
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Given that the reputation for liberal bias is a RW strawman they have been pushing relentlessly for decades doesn't seem to occur to very many of you folks. The correct response is that "the truth is the truth" instead of curling up into a ball in the corner and screaming "please don't kick me."
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It simply doesn't occur to Deb and too many of her fellows that balance for balance's sake is, as Steve Benen says: "an unusually bad idea. Worse, it's an unworkable solution to a problem that doesn't exist."

Now, Micheal, just why do you think this would be a surprise?
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When Rather lost his job, after digging a ditch too closely to the filth, I knew something was up.
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And it wasn't integrity...

CBS also heavily favors Super Bowl and World Series winning teams in its coverage and should seek input from organizations with losing records on how to better balance their coverage. Matt Millen should be brought in to consult.

First up:

My comment on the Kurtz article

But what happens when adulation gives way to the messy, incremental process of governing?

Why is it that people in Washington are oblivious to the idea that part of the process of governing is inspiring people to act locally for their own interests. Being popular and inspirational actually IS part of "the process of governing". Leave it to the likes of Howie (I love me some Michelle Malkin) Kurtz to utterly miss the point.

Coffee: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh, cw@p!
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Another blunder. Kronkite.
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Need coffee...

PD: "Leave it to the likes of Howie (I love me some Michelle Malkin) Kurtz to utterly miss the point." I argue with myself about whether Kurtz is actually this stupid or simply made a career decision to promote stupid RW talking points.
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Haven't come to a conclusion yet. Not sure the answer matters.

Of course the rather story helps bring to light some of the reasons that MS seems so prouudly oblivious to the concerns of his commenters. While the Rather situation was an example of the network buckling under to the Right blogosphere, I'm sure that MS sees his own role as someone who couragously refuses to knuckle under to the rabid left wing partisans who seem to gravitate here.

It only becomes comical when reality itself reveals its famous liberal bias.

wvng, short answers to your two questions: Yes and Yes.

pourme:
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You mean the Seahawks and the Mariners should get some good press?
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Damm! If we had a spin machine as massive and as detached from reality as the GOPs' during the election, the Seahawks would be in the run for the Super Bowl and the Mariners won the World Series.
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Why don't you know this?
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The liberal press!

A twofer. Thanks Andy!

Rather's lawsuit is really designed to (1)regain his reputation and (2) point out to the world that Sumner Redstone is no William Paley.

Want to know how frustrating the democratization of information has become for traditional media? Rich Lowry, I sh** you not, actually got caught wishing he could uninvent the Internet.

53_3: "You mean the Seahawks and the Mariners should get some good press?:
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You can always blame it on the Blethen family.

53_3. ROTFLMAO.
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If only our political press were subject to the same reality-based scrutiny sportswriters face. And, frankly, that progressive bloggers face.

Paul Dirks
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Notice its only a problem to be popular if you are a Democratic president. But if you are Ronald Reagan then its the greatest thing in the world.
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But here is the funny thing and maybe Scherer can speak for Howie Kurtz for a minute, what different exactly should any of those media outlets be doing? Should they have somber and sad articles about how Obama became the first black president in our nation's history in a landslide? Should they criticize Obama for not winning MORE electoral votes? Should they have Bush on the covers instead he with the less than 30 percent approval rating? What exactly were they expecting the week after a historic election? I guess they have the whipped dog syndrome from dealing with the Bush administration for the last 8 years that they don't know what to make of people actually feeling happy and hopeful about their president. Not to worry though, you guys will have 8 more years to get used to the feeling!

I really hope that Rather gets somewhere with this suit. I have read a bit about that panel selection and the GOP bias. The whole fuss was a total triumph of the right wing blogs. I'm not certain that the papers themselves weren't a fraud perpetrated by some GOP trickster. The way they were claimed to be fradulent within hours (or maybe minutes) of the broadcast was always very suspicious to me. The msm leaped to the GOP tune and the conversation was immediately redirected to the papers instead of the real story of the fact of GWHB's service record.

A month after the inauguration in 2001 Kurtz on his CNN show asked viewers to write in if they thought the media was too tough on Bush.
He comes on the next week and incredulously reported that he didn't recieve one e-mail saying that the (liberal) media was too tough on Bush.

My post just dissappeared. that sucks

ivb don't forget the right wing blog that "broke" the story was Powerline. They were rewarded with TIME Magazine's Blog of the Year.
Small world.