tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post1890896792999318048..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: We have to be our own gatekeepersNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-11041263767460431092011-11-29T04:45:49.519-06:002011-11-29T04:45:49.519-06:00Seaton was just being bloody British. They still v...Seaton was just being bloody British. They still view us as recalcitrant colonials and assume they know better. I have lived in the UK for 30 years and have read some otherwise intelligent and educated Brits say and assume tripe about the American government and how it governs, as long as it skews against the US. And the Guardian isn't just "going" in this direction. It's been there for as long as I've been here. Their US Comment Is Free (post Tomasky) is a haven for firebaggers. What is sad to see is this paper and The Independent (another Left-leaning British journal) practicing Janet Cooke and Jayson Blair journalism, which is a matter of course in the US.Flaming Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863296033879319437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-25233467140400211742011-11-28T21:52:46.430-06:002011-11-28T21:52:46.430-06:00Great post and comments! Thanks to all of you for...Great post and comments! Thanks to all of you for helping me become a better gatekeeper. -bonkersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-14236588311059802682011-11-28T19:59:31.879-06:002011-11-28T19:59:31.879-06:00Matt Seaton's comments concerning PERF are so ...Matt Seaton's comments concerning PERF are so telling. Not only does Seaton mislead readers into thinking PERF is a federal agency, he clearly wanted readers the think that the AP story he linked to refers to PERF as such. It doesn't. And his response to your correction is ridiculously laughable; "I stand corrected. It is not a federal agency, but it is a national police group (so it could be said to have played a quasi-federal role in coordinating a city and state response to Occupy).<br /><br />But as to how progressive it is, I suggest you read the blogpost I flagged up and then decide, rather than simply take their own homepage at face value."<br /><br />A quasi-Federal role? WTF?!?!<br /><br />And see what he did there; pretending the PERF's description of itself as "progressive" was relevant to the point you were making. Fox News would be impressed.<br /><br />I don't believe Seaton was just being sloppy. In the context of this "story", calling PERF a federal agency is a huge piece of misinformation. There's no way this guy doesn't know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-50203974000519512982011-11-28T19:00:46.053-06:002011-11-28T19:00:46.053-06:00Flaming Emilia - thanks for the insight.
When Tom...Flaming Emilia - thanks for the insight.<br /><br />When Tomasky left, some of us regulars wondered if there wasn't more to the story than he said publicly. What you're suggesting may be part of it.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-60399964357533299872011-11-28T18:58:35.357-06:002011-11-28T18:58:35.357-06:00Tien Le - Exactly!!!!!
So sad to see the Guardian...Tien Le - Exactly!!!!!<br /><br />So sad to see the Guardian go that direction - but there it is.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-65646598745615286372011-11-28T18:57:57.089-06:002011-11-28T18:57:57.089-06:00I live in the UK. I am married to a Brit, an expat...I live in the UK. I am married to a Brit, an expat and a regular Guardian reader. You must understand something about the Guardian (and, to a degree, the BBC). They are geared to be institutionally skewed against America and Americans. Seriously. A memo was leaked a few years ago because US correspondents were showing Americans in too good a light.<br /><br />During the BP oil crisis, the Guardian shilled against America more than the usual suspect the Rightwing Daily Mail. I would have told Seaton that Wolf may be entitled to her own opinion but not her own facts. They love Americans who present the US in a bad light. Wolf wrote that infamous rant in the Guardian about naming all rape victims as a defence against Julian Assange.<br /><br />Michael Moore and Kucinich regularly give Anti-Obama shite on the Comment is Free pages. The Guardian thrives on anti-Americanism. Doesn't matter who is in the White House - Clinton, Bush, Obama or Jesus.Flaming Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863296033879319437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-73908349219549218702011-11-28T18:55:22.847-06:002011-11-28T18:55:22.847-06:00Need Clicks? Start a rumor based on "Unnamed...Need Clicks? Start a rumor based on "Unnamed Sources at the White House" (DOJ, insert government agency)and wait for gullible Lefties to bankroll your next vacation.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.com