Reply #18: BS alert...Author of this article has been BUSTED as a RW shill... [View All]

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http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/1/28/12115/1563

Jim VandeHei of The Washington Post, whose wife Hanna used to work for Tom DeLay and whose house is reportedly adorned in wingnut finery, has an article in this morning's paper that amounts to nothing but a hit piece on the progressive blogosphere. It seems that the netroots campaign to hold the Post accountable is freaking them out.

The article, titled "Blogs Attack From Left as Democrats Reach for Center," tries to set up a false premise that progressive bloggers are lefties foaming at the mouth over the fact that the Democratic Party wants to be a more moderate party. As "evidence," VandeHei points solely to bloggers and posters at The Huffington Post. Their crime was complaining about the choice of newly elected Democratic Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia over Pennsylvania Congressman Jack Murtha to deliver the rebuttal to the State of the Union address. Now, I don't know what planet VandeHei lives on (I think it's called Cocktail Party, and I'm pretty sure it's in the Beltway system), but here on Earth, the progressive netroots hasn't been vigorously attacking Governor Kaine and Rep. Murtha is not a flaming lefty.
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And getaloada this KOS posting from a Kossak who recently went through VandeHei's Washington bungalow during a realtor's open house:

Another reason to cancel the WaPo (none / 1)

I'm disgusted with my paper, now more than ever...

Real estate open houses are a wealth of information if you are observant.

A certain front page WaPo reporter's (VandiHei's) house was open this weekend, and being a neighbor, I stopped by.

As I looked at the study I was stunned to see signed pictures of Dear Leader and an autographed copy of the House Impeachment Committee...Wife is ex-aide to DeLay. Then again who isn't...

Look out for J.V. Re-read his shit. That they have him on Plame is a joke. Fox guarding the hen house. His fortunes are tied to the Bushies. Wife's an appointee.

SCLM my ass.
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Scott Shields winds up his review of VandiHei's article as follows:

The reason The Washington Post is on the attack is that they see their influence waning and are desperate to tear down the credibility of the blogosphere. This is a campaign of marginalization. And it's not coming from a political party. It's coming from a newspaper, a traditional media outlet that is charged with reporting facts and news. Instead, they've decided to use their pages to mount a political campaign against progressive bloggers, who they've apparently decided are their sworn enemy. It's absolutely paranoid and ridiculous.
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So take heed. This VandiHei article is just an orchestrated attempt to drive a wedge between the Democratic establishment and the progressive bloggers... as well as the rumbling of an ancient, creaking dinosaur-- the tree-devouring MSM-- on the verge of a well-deserved extinction.