Ledford and Tapscott, at long last, the time has come. I am calling you two out.
You suck. You are horrible. Your lousy management of the News Journal’s political desk makes George W. Bush and Dick Cheney look competent. You have violated the public trust.
On a morning that the people of Delaware should be waking to the read the about Michael Castle’s blind devotion to George Bush – your paper is silent.
It is not just me saying it. Word on the street is that your reporters WANT to report the truth about Michael Castle. People say that JL Miller and Patrick Jackson WANT to ask legitimate questions, the kinds of questions they were trained to ask – but you dopes edit the shit out of everything and anything that is remotely objective, or that puts Michael Castle in an unkind light gets cut.
How do you live with yourselves? How do you two look in the mirror every morning? H.L. Mencken (ever hear of him?) said that journalists have two jobs. To comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. You’re editorship of the News Journal spits in Mencken’s face.
Last night Michael Castle voted against the wishes of his constituents and decided to stand with George Bush, endorsing Bush’s management of this war and your paper does not even get a quote from him? No explanation, no justification. NOTHING. That is journalistic malpractice. I feel like getting a class action suit going against the two of you worms. You are pathetic.
Last night Molly Jurusik, Executive Director of the Delaware Democratic Party said, “Instead of voting for increased funding and a responsible strategy for our troops, Mike Castle again chose a blank check for President Bush,” but what do we read of that in today’s New’s Journal? NADA.
What the hell is the deal?
Are you, Ledford and Tapscott, Castle’s lovers?
Seriously, you are pathetic.
Don’t forget news radio.
Good point. Allan Loudell utterly failed ot mention it this morning too.
Something about the News Journal though…. I’m starting to think something is up.
it can be their subscription rates that is for sure
We have a representative voting for all of us.
The WNJ should be giving us better feedback, but that would be vulgar.
Pointing out that someone acted in a partisan manner would just be toooo ruuude for the DE Way.
Did anyone watch Bill Moyers’ Journal last night? “Buying the War” – about media sleepwalking / complicity as the neocons plunged us into this war.
It is a stunningly reviling redux of the WH mouthpieces’ drumbeat propaganda, milking and exploiting of 9.11, and how nearly all major media lapped it up with a spoon, even purposefully manipulating coverage to avoid seeming “unpatriotic”.
It makes me angry all over again.
Damn! Was that last night? I wanted to watch that.
If you do, I hope you have a strong stomach.
how dare the News Journal not turn over their editorial page (and the news pages) to the rantings of Delawareliberal?!?!?
Dis – it is on again tonight at 3 am (!) on WHYY. So set your VCR/Tivo/MediaCenter or grab a bottle of No-Doze and, yes Dr. Nick, a bucket, if your stomach is weak.
Steamy –
Rantings? Don’t you want to hear Castle justify his vote? You never know, maybe your evaluation that we have the Iraqi’s just where we want them will be validated?
Atrios has this link to the Moyer’s show last night, you can watch it ~
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html
Nancy; thanks.
Tyler; In a fit of Luddite mania, I got rid of all media except a small TV with rabit ears so I can get the weather in the morning on WBOC. And the only person who still has a VCR is Steamboat so he and Hube can tape their “sessions” together.
Steamboat so he and Hube can tape their “sessions” together.
* they make music together?