- Forget Helen Thomas — where are the watchdog reporters? (J.P. Freire, Washington Examiner)
While most news stories cite Helen Thomas’s “confrontational style” as a thing of “legend,” her record appears to be more about making news than breaking it. That glory takes away from reporting that can have a real impact, which is in steep decline. In fact, most of the Washington reporting staff was laid off while keeping Thomas on and there was no support staff left.
- An End for Helen Thomas and the Helen Thomas Rules (Jeremy Peters, NY Times)
“The rules have been different for Helen for many years, and only for Helen,” said Ari Fleischer, a former press secretary under George W. Bush who had called on Ms. Thomas to step down. “Helen earned that right, and she was treated differently. And I never minded it. I enjoyed my ideological thrust and parry with Helen….
Too often, columnist “Helen” became the story instead of reporting it. The gasbag and her “special rules” needed to go years ago. Good riddance.
- Was Hearst Right to Force Helen Thomas to Retire? (Carl Cannon, Politics Daily) Yes. At least the headline gets it right—Thomas didn’t suddenly “retire” but was pushed out.
- Our hard-core, adversarial press corps (Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com)
- Florida vs. Klein (The Antiplanner)
- Spill reveals Obama's lack of executive experience (Byron York, Washington Examiner) Spill, or tenure to date?
- Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (Daniel Klein, WSJ)
- Islamist Turkey overreaches (Daniel Pipes, NRO)
- Gubernatorial Candidate White Releases Tax Returns (Jay Root, AP) This was inevitable. Why let the story have legs for so many weeks?
- White campaign says Perry is a part-time governor (Jason Embry, AAS) White, of course, was a part-time mayor for 2009 while he ran all over the state campaigning for his next office.
- Survey finds post-oil spill bounce in support for climate change action (BelieverGuy) Hope springs eternal for the Chron‘s faith-based Gaia Guy.
- Is the iPhone 4 enough to hold Apple’s lead? (Techblog)
[O]nce I saw what was in the iPhone 4, I decided to stick with Apple. And after Monday’s Steve Jobs keynote, I’m sold. I’ll buy one….
Who expected otherwise? LOL
- Colorado should tell Texas to shove it (Mark Kiszla, Denver Post) The UT animus is a little overblown, but I like his Mountain West thoughts.
1 comments On Linkpost (06/08/2010)
Shouldn’t the iPhone bit be attributed to FanBoiBlog?
Frankly given Hearst’s past history, I am actually surprised that they let Thomas’s Anti-semitic rant(s) sway them into telling her to get lost. After all, they have let their editorial boards run rampant over morality and mores for years.
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