Swampland Gets Scooped!

Not me. At. All.

Loved him in The Honeymooners.

Nothing to see here, move on!

The Page describes Carney as "outgoing bureau chief". Was Carney among the victims of the latest Time employee purge?

Oh noes! how did they scoop you?
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plukasiak - Carney is going to work for Biden.

Carney going to work for Biden. Now that's interesting.

So he takes a buyout and now gets a sweet gig with Biden? LUCKY/napoleon dynamite voice

No we won't, Jay! Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!

Did I just see a blurb about something being hurled at Pat Buchanan's head? Get someone on this, stat! We need video!

Soon I'll be able to see your whole "About Swampland" column without scrolling.

First Ana, now Jay. Last blogger turn out the lights!

Disappointment. It was old video. Salad dressing from 2005. Sorry, folks.
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The video is hilarious though.

Proposed headline: "Carney Joins Circus." Thank you.

Yes, I'll miss Jay. I never thought he was in the tank for the right, and it's a stretch to think that Biden would have chosen him if he were. Also, Carney's descriptions of McCain having been body-snatched by an alien certainly didn't help the Republicans.
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I wish him all success as Biden's communications director. I want Biden to succeed, so I especially want Jay to succeed.

Well, Biden should be able to fire every US Attorney now with is press spokesperson honestly saying it's no big deal.
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Seriously though, good luck to Jay and congrats on the new gig. He is not half bad and I hope this works out well.

OT, but obliquely about the news biz: Mort Zuckerman was snookered by Madoff, and while I have deep sympathy to anyone who finds himself in this position, I seem to remember a lot of self-righteous pontificating about people who bought houses they couldn't afford, and signed contracts they didn't understand. I wonder if he has a different perspective on that now.

Good luck to Jay...I remember during the primary constantly knocking him for anti-Obama bias in his posts, and now he's joining the team! How things have changed....

Murphy never posts. Cox was mercifully retired (no more giggly, post-teen bullsh1t). Carney saw the writing on the old media wall and headed for the exits, cash in hand (he never posted, anyway, so no loss in that sense). Nobody posts on weekends here.

I hope for the sakes of the people left Time has some kind of plan for this place. Because if they do have one, I can't see what it is.

Now I can get my Jays on Swampland straight.

Good luck in your new job Mr. Carney.

Best of luck, Mr. Carney. I appreciated your willingness to respond to poster's comments (this was a couple of blogging software versions ago...) even if I still disagreed with your responses. You signalled a willingness to withstand the urge to stereotype bloggers and commenters as cheeto-inhaling, pajama-wearing Gen Xers living in their parents' basement.

I wish you the best. And lament the reality that your leaving is not a good sign for Time, Inc, or for any other weekly magazine.

Wow, first no more Biden on the Acela, now no more Carney in the swamp and in the pages. Best of luck. KT or JNS, will you be posing questions to Communications Director Carney in the future (prefaced by a snarky story from days past, to put him off his game)?

"Best of luck, Mr. Carney. I appreciated your willingness to respond to poster's comments"
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Have we found a way to manipulate worm holes or something? Which parallel universe did this take place in?
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This does give credence to the idea that Time's right bias is enforced from above. It would be interesting to get Carney's views on Gonzo and the DOJ scandal now that he's not in fear for his paycheck...right KT?

Anybody listening to the news conference? Man, a real scientist who understands more about energy than any of us ever will. There is hope for us.