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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:26 PM Original message |
"Everyone with a laptop thinks they are a journalist"..Helen Thomas |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. And the origin of the journalist in America was...? |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. This is a no-brainer. |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. hey, we're just truthseekers |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. You've hit the nail on the head. n/t |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. And neither are we corporate and/or lifestyle prisoners |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Afraid of anyone not on the corporate dole |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. well said. nt |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Huh? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. "Journalist" has more than one definition |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That's not what Helen Thomas was talking about, |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. I agree, but |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Of course |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Good. |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well.............. |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Why the attack?? |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. some information--- |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Thank you very much for the info. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. In simplest terms... |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Thanks |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Seriously though, it is a term with which I am not familiar--at least |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Because if you arent paid to do something you arent doing it? |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You work for free? |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. You can't be serious... |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. When "freedom of the press was granted," |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. What does that even mean? "You can't be what you say you are unless |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. What you are seeing is a sea change in how people get their news |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. I've been doing this for some time... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. As a journalist who has a degree in journalism and spent years |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. I must agree with her |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Journalists, even progressive |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. For every enumerated right there's an economic interest ... |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I can't acquit |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm a artist with a laptop, but ... |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. ...nor selected to a first! nt |
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Village Idiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'd rather see honest amateurs than GOP sponsored media shills... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. Another great sig. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thank you |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. A lot of people on the news think they are journalists, too, Helen. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Who What When Where HoW and Why |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Bloggers may not be journalists, but they are great researchers and |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. AMEN.. Reasearch and perspective are sorely missing from |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thank goodness for those truthtellers like Jeff Gannon, Little Green Footb |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. There are pros and cons to both |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I t doesn't matter, in |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Gannon was "outed" by the truth, remember? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. I unhesitatingly affirm my preference for the ape... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Right--flying the flag of "legitimate" journalism is ludicrous |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Exactly right n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. SoCal...I don't think the "oldie journalists" ever see anything but Freeps |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. It really annoys me though, that so many of them are "clueless" |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't know the context of the quote |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. If you network proactively, as an outside the box journalist, it is |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. Dammit, that is blatantly NOT true... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. She's just jealous because the average American doesn't need her |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. This kind of attitude is exactly what is killing mainstream American |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Good old fashioned elitism and authoritarianism. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Exactly--all you need in order to get "credentials" these days is a big |
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DelawareValleyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yup. Ain't it great? nt |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. I agree with her. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Getting your own "show" or a "column" makes you one these days |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Agree 100% - good points. |
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Catrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Don't forget Judith Miller (she had credentials, didn't she?) and |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. and i think they are very resentful of bloggers because now we |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. I love Helen, but... |
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