Discussion for article #224162
Grenell also said Steinhauer âconsecutivelyâ mocked Boltonâs mustache
You mean there are people who donât?
I nearly fell asleep after the first paragraph⌠this is a story?
I guess itâs an illustration of right wing flack factor in process ~ assuming Boltonâs guy is truly afraid of the damage the story could do, he just throws a shit fit, invokes the whole âliberal mediaâ canard, and then tries to work the ref (NYT). Not so much a story as a demonstration of the right wing âgameâ
Apparently Bolton and the NeoCons are having some trouble getting favorable press which has prompted conservative operatives like Grenell to work the refs by publicly dissing Steinhauer. This story will teach them to be âFAIRâ to the NeoCon wunderkin.
In this case âFAIRâ is a defined term meaning publish anything NeoCons want without comment.
As an occasional media consultant myself I would suggest that for some people the way to get more favorable coverage is simple: Be less awful.
This story is a classic example of whatâs wrong with contemporary American journalism: a TPM journalist writing about a NY Times journalist who is trying to covering a former Bush administration official and throw in some people from the Daily Caller and tweets.
Yes, post-journalislm, where journalism is about journalists and the process of journalism rather than reporting the news.
So Grenell thinks there are âreal journalistsâ at the Daily Caller? It is to laugh.
I agree for the most part with what youâre saying, about the news as news trends, but I think the article has merit as far as showing how republican flacks and operatives game the media. There was already a story on TPM today about the Muslim law student fiasco on hannity. Itâs worth repeating now and again the right wingâs complete intellectual and journalistic dishonesty. Standards and expectation need sometimes need to be clarified and re-establishedâŚ
It strikes me yet again how the corporate media and the U.S. public spend so much time and mindshare on people that have been proven by history to not know what they are talking about. Bolton is an angry old man that wants everyone off âhisâ lawn and thatâs about it. Why donât we start to spend some time listening to people who arenât always proven wrong? Maybe weâll actually get somewhere.
A ninny with a spokesperson is almost as ridiculous as Boltonâs moustache but, then, Iâve never observed the Neocon in his assless chapsâŚ
Actually, the opposite of everything they told the American people has come to pass.
The up is down crowd has < 0 credibility and pathetically bad character.
This article is so disturbing - on many levels. Of note:
That Steinberger spent weeks trying to land an interview with John Bolton. John Bolton. WHY???
That she had to go through Grenell to reach him. Yet Grenell says heâs not Boltonâs spokesperson. So why didnât he just tell Steinbrenner he canât arrange that and be done with it? Why go round and round in emails?
That she had to have her credibility vouched for by a Republican lawmaker. What, exactly, would that entail? Saying she took a blood oath and completed the 12 step plan and is therefore not part of the âliberalâ media?
That this guy got into a snit that she made reference to Boltonâs mustache but was fine with her having to prove her creditials by having a Republican lawmaker email him.
That neither would release emails proving their version of the exchange. At this point, Iâm concluding there is truth to both their stories and as far as Iâm concerned itâs a wash.
/smh
She went too far out of her way to solicit a worthless opinion. With a track record like Boltonâs, nobody should care what he thinks about any subject.
Iâve given my side to a real journalist
Jeff Gannon/Guckert. no doubt. Or maybe Les Nessman?
âStand By Your John Bolton Reportingâ
âWeirdâ Al Yankovicâs least successful song parody.
You missed the #1 most ridiculous part - Grenell considers Patrick Howley a âreal journalistâ.
YeaHh, I didnât even really take that part seriously.
But I concur, point taken
Bolton wanted a âRepublican Lawmakerâ to send the email for one reason and one reason only: BILLABLE HOURS.
If a Republican Lawmaker sends him an email, he can BILL HIS LOBBYING COMPANY for his time spent on everything to do with it.
Simple Greed. Nothing more.
Oh the humanity!!! LMAO