Comments on: Come Saturday Morning: This Week’s Internet News Roundup

By: paz3

paz3 — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:37:07 +0000

PW, I’m glad to see you using the reference “Traditional Media.” This needs to grow as a meme, because day after day we see how the Trad Media’s attempts at being “bipartisan” skew issues because they seldom if ever have the nerve or integrity to challenge some of the patently false accusations and weakly linked associations that the Republicans are throwing around desperately these days.

Can’t wait for Robert Gibbs to use the reference someday.

There’s a Pew poll up at DKos that shows that the Internet was the most useful source of information on H1N1 (swine) flu issues, and newspapers and network TV are way down the list. They feel threatened, it’s obvious, and rightfully so if their ‘balanced’ coverage is skewed towards conservatives and their ongoing falsehoods.

Also, let’s all keep asking the question: If having a two party system is desirable, why does the other party have to be the Republican Party? If this gets elevated as an ongoing talking point, the extreme right like Cheney and Limbaugh and who they appeal to will begin to fade.

And if there is any notion in our time that needs to be faded, it’s right wing fear and posturing.

By: ubetchaiam

ubetchaiam — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:36:12 +0000

Let me add to the list provided.

By: kgb999

kgb999 — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:04:46 +0000

ProPublica (I think they are non-traditional?) did an awesome report on the role of psychologists in crafting torture policy … along with 216 pages of leaked emails from APA psychologists (PENS group) who crafted the association’s official position on assisting enhanced interrogations.

Worth a look if you missed it.

By: msmolly

msmolly — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:58:41 +0000

Yes, better than nothing, but far from complete. I was only about half listening until I caught the words, “Jeffrey Rosen” and then I listened very closely. Totenberg is one of the better ones on NPR these days, just my opinion, of course, but seems pretty even-handed when reporting on SCOTUS matters.

By: wigwam

wigwam — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:57:29 +0000

OT: Two great lines from NPR yesterday afternoon:
– “The worst is over: only 500,000 people lost their jobs last month.”
– “Their has been an upsurge in consumer confidence, but it might be all in their heads.”

Where to they get these fools?

By: JimWhite

JimWhite — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:43:52 +0000

but at least she did include the info that it had been “countered” by her supporters.

I suppose that’s better than nothing. It would have been great if she had said that Rosen’s piece had been thoroughly destroyed by those who favor honesty and integrity in the public discussion about the SCOTUS selection process. Greenwald made it clear that he wasn’t doing this necessary to support Sotomayor as much to discredit the process by which anonymous people could trash her reputation.

The substance that came out in the discussion threads on Glenn’s blog showed that Princeton was far more selective for female students than male students when Sotomayor went there and that she got the highest possible award at graduation. [See the comments from doctorscience, who overlapped Sotomayor’s time there.] She clearly was “the best of the best” in her undergraduate work and far from the “affirmative action beneficiary” Rosen’s people tried to present.

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:30:47 +0000

although it didn’t ‘break’ online, I would like to know more about this week’s SCOTUS decision on identity theft and how it impacts those folks who were rounded up in Iowa about a year ago. recall that was the means by which ICE busted in.

By: msmolly

msmolly — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:26:42 +0000

Nina Totenberg on NPR’s All Things Considered sorta (IMO) softened her language when dealing with the Rosen smear of Sotomayor, but at least she did include the info that it had been “countered” by her supporters.

Who Will Succeed Justice Souter?

I wish she had said, “completely discredited” but at least she included the fact that there are opposing views.

EDIT: And I think she actually highlighted that Sotomayor was a graduate of prestigious universities and law schools.

By: msmolly

msmolly — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:21:41 +0000

I am always pleased to see credit go to one of my favorite blogs. Rachel even showed an FDL page a couple of weeks ago, and last night KO credited Greg Sargent’s Plum Line. That might not be customary in the MSM, but Rachel and KO get it!!

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:18:14 +0000

oh mike !

the mormons themselves are debating this. (ok, so I found myself caught up in comments in some LDS threads). apparently the Church issued some, um, clarication on this a few years back when descendants of Holocaust survivors rightfully called them out for this practice. per the Church, whoever did this should be “de-fellowhshiped” ( I kid you not) and possibly even excommunicated.

oh and p.s. you godless hippies - all this does, is give the soul “the option” of saying yeah or nay to Mr Jeebus when they get to heaven