How has the internet liberated journalists? Tom Ricks works at the Washington Post. He also has perches at Foreign Policy and some thinktank. Here a genius post at Foreign Policy about the Post op-ed page titled, Stop the Insanity! In its entirety (Ricks understands the attention span of the internet).
Hardly a day goes by without the op-ed page of the Washington Post carrying an article by a veteran of the Bush Administration holding forth on foreign policy. Michael Gerson, a former Bush speechwriter and policy advisor, even has a regular columnist gig. And today Yosemite Sam [evidently a snarky reference to John Bolton's mustache] advocates bombing Iran. It's as if in 1969, the people who brought us to disaster in Vietnam were constantly writing on how to build on their success-and expand the war to Thailand, Malaysia, and Burma.
P.S. Note that Foreign Policy blog is part of the Slate Group, which is part of the Washington Post. Sophisticated media.
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Make the better argument. DON''T seek to censor, please.
The worst op-ed hasbara in America flows like raw sewage from Fred Hiatt's WashPo op-ed page. Let's take up a collection, get $25,000 together so we can get "non-confrontational" access to Fred in a "relaxed setting" and ask him about it.
RE: "And today Yosemite Sam [evidently a snarky reference to John Bolton's mustache] advocates bombing Iran. " MY COMMENT: John Bolton's father was a fireman. Isn't it ironic that a fireman's son became a 'firestarter'? Firestarter Lyrics (excerpted) Artist(Band): Prodigy I'm the trouble starter, f_ckin instigator. I'm the fear addicted, danger illustrated… …I'm the bitch you hated, filth infatuated. Yeah. I'm the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated… …I'm the self inflicted, mind detonator. Yeah. Im the one infected, twisted animator. I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter FIRESTARTER MUSIC VIDEO – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw
The Washington Post Op-Ed page is just part of a larger phenomenon of insane discourse, to which Obama contributes practically any time he opens his mouth on the ME: qunfuz: The Green Still Resists.
Bull. The comparative analogy to Nam era hawks given perches in the MSM (not many, if any) to Iraq War2 neocons getting such perches (all over the place!) And as well stuffed in the right wing stink tanks) is very telling. Witty always ignores this; he prefer that the MSM continues to censor. It just wouldn't do to have slightly objective news wafting out the masses.
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