Is the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) politically picky when taking umbrage with topics pursued by the media? Could be. After Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report posted the "Obama Wife Slams Hillary" headline across his site, CJR ran an article complaining Drudge Barks, TV News Bites.
It seems the CJR is upset that Drudge's headline sparked a media feeding frenzy in which the major news sources all picked up both on the original story in the Chicago Sun-Times and on the interpretation that Michelle Obama's remark constituted an attack on Senator Hillary Clinton. Now for anyone who read the original story, there seems little doubt that Mrs. Obama's remark really was a thinly disguised dig at Hillary. The Sun-Times wrote:
At another stop, in Atlantic, Michelle said she travels with her husband in part "to model what it means to have family values," adding "if you can't run your own house, you can't run the White House." She didn't elaborate, but it could be interpreted as a swipe at the Clintons.
Taken in context, it would seem to be a pretty fair interpretation that Mrs. Obama was indeed making a direct comparison between her own travels with her candidate husband, and Hillary's very noticeable distance from her own philandering spouse, former President Bill Clinton. Not to the CJR, however. The CJR article proceeded to spend the majority of its space trying to refute the idea that Mrs. Obama was talking about Senator Clinton. The main thrust of its article seems to be that Drudge induced the media into a needless spate of stories that carried no real value, and existed only to titillate the reading public. Of course, when the media was obsessing over former Senator Fred Thompson's lovely (and younger) wife Jeri, there was no lack of stories musing about 'trophy wives' and their effect on the American public. Never mind that Mrs. Thompson is far from being a 'trophy wife'. And when former Mayor Rudy Guiliani's family was dragged into view last week, I do not recall the CJR complining about those stories, though they appeared to have even less journalistic value than does this one when judged by the CJR's criteria. It seems that the CJR only complains about journalistic value when it is Democrats who are being displayed in a negative light. Hat tip to Matt Drudge.
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Gosh! I must have missed
August 23, 2007 - 14:27 ET by heldmywGosh! I must have missed my copy of the Columbia Journalism Review! And I so count on it every day!
Shucks. I guess my life is a dry, uniformed misery for their lack of wisdom... , </sarc off>
What The ?
August 23, 2007 - 14:44 ET by mytwocentsColumbia University teaches journalism? Knock me over with a noodle!
Ex-MTV veejay, er, I mean,
August 23, 2007 - 14:59 ET by Roger the ShrubberEx-MTV veejay, er, I mean, hard journalist Alison Stewart, guest-hosting the extremely-unwatchable Keefy O show, was all fired up about this, too. I get the impression by her whining tone that she is not much of a Drudge fan.
Drudge
August 23, 2007 - 15:14 ET by iveseenitallDrudge reports, you decide. Besides, the writer of the original column basically said that it's her opinion and iterpretation and that she's entitled to it. When a liberal like Mrs.Obama puts her foot in her mouth are we supposed to just ignore it? I'm getting to wonder who's "holier than thou", the Edwards or the Obamas? The brightness of all of them sure has worn off quickly (if they every had any).
NEVER, NEVER trust a "liberal"
Yes, but?
August 23, 2007 - 19:46 ET by general companyThe brightness of all of them sure has worn off quickly
But oh how articulate they are
Given the fact that it's
August 23, 2007 - 16:35 ET by Chris NormanGiven the fact that it's the Columbia School of Journalism we have to thank for many of these little liberal eager beaver "journalists", it's not surprising that they come out with the same kind of slanted "analysis" their offspring spout.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
A few months back, some of
August 23, 2007 - 17:23 ET by Del DolemonteA few months back, some of their "graduate students" were involved in a cheating scandal, allegedly for cheating on a take home exam for a course in...journalistic ethics?
"The Best and the
August 23, 2007 - 18:49 ET by Chris Norman"The Best and the Brightest", "The Creme de la Creme", etc. etc. :)
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
harsh words
August 23, 2007 - 18:55 ET by LionKingCheating and plagiarism are such harsh words...liberals prefer collaboration and cooperation.
Isn't hating Drudge a phobia
August 23, 2007 - 17:22 ET by Lame CherryIsn't the point in this that CJR is drudgephobic as all liberal media is?
Since Matt broke the "I did not salt the oval office" story which was simply a liberal feeding a story to Drudge so it would break as the MSM tanked it, the entire liberal media has both hated and used Drudge. It is a way to get a story out they want.
The Obama story is filtered in so Hillary can raise money off the attack and it progresses Al Gore as it weakens Hillary. On Drudge yesterday he ran a headline that Gore wins in the southwest polling and he is not in the race.
Drudge hints and tells the world the coming trend. I have blogged since the first of the year that Al Gore will get into this race as a "drafted" candidate coming to the people's will.
Liberal Molotov Mob like the CJR simply hates it that liberals are in bed with Drudge and he drives the news cycles. It is always amusing when I do channel surf and see Couric, Gibson or Williams "breaking a story" and I start laughing because Drudge, Newsbusters and the net community have already hashed it all out along with Rush 3 days ago.......sometimes it is 2 weeks, and all of us have moved onto the real stories.
Frankly I believe Rush needs to coin a new phrase beyond Dinosaur Media into the Fossil Media as the CJR is that. They are so far behind that even the mice have quit chewing on the sinews of paper left in the dinosaur graveyard.
Oh for those who ever remember my dramatic boot from Huffington Post this week.....I was just emailed that my question for the Charlie Rose debate is still in contention.........lol I wrote back and told them Arianna banned me from her dictatorship site.
Just love the fossil media........they get people to debate with them and then call in the meteor to wipe out the mammals challenging the dinos.
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The msm mob was not
August 23, 2007 - 17:31 ET by Free ThinkerThe msm mob was not controlling the news in this instance and it clearly did not fit the template. Sounds like fear of losing control.