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Wednesday, July 21. 2010

Why the JournoList scandal has no legs

Insty's link says it has some, but I very much doubt it. Internet legs maybe, but does anybody expect the MSM itself to take on an expose of itself?


This is like Climategate - just some silly emails. Isn't it?


Add: What a fine "conversation about race" the country is having. I want people to shut up about race. It's a dumb topic. I see no improvement in the level of political discourse.

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 11:34 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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Sure, but Andy Sully is on the case somewhat. See here, here, and here.
#1 dissident (Link) on 2010-07-21 11:46 (Reply)
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/07/the-corruption-of-journolist.html Links not working for me... Just scroll through his journal.
#2 dissident (Link) on 2010-07-21 11:47 (Reply)
I think you nailed it, B. Just some silly emails or somethin'. Boys will be boys, and all that. No harm done. Nothin' to see, folks, move along, move along...

The only bright spot is that it won't fall completely out of the spotlight as long as Taranto and a few others keep it alive. Taranto's mentioned it twice, and that's before the latest atrocity came out -- the plan to shut down Fox News by pressuring the FCC into not renewing its license. So it'll still have some legs for a while, but, as with the now "debunked" Climategate, this too shall pass.
#3 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-07-21 12:44 (Reply)
I disagree; this may be the most useful "national discussion on race" since Obama came on the scene. The race card has become the most convenient way to shut people down when they disagree. Now we know a little more about how that came to be.
#4 diane on 2010-07-21 12:44 (Reply)
"I want people to shut up about race. It's a dumb topic."

If you'll excuse the flippancy of a northern neighbour and subject of HM The Queen: amen to that.

What I haven't quite figured out is why there's even a need for the NAACP anymore.

Is there some office higher than President of the United States that I don't know about which is still barred to African Americans?
#5 JJM on 2010-07-21 19:45 (Reply)
Pope?
#5.1 Tom Francis on 2010-07-21 20:40 (Reply)
Nope.

But it is barred to Southern Baptists.
#5.1.1 JJM on 2010-07-22 08:51 (Reply)
Being a member of the human race, I'm very much a human racist.

So much so that I honestly hope we all succeed at what ever we choose to achieve.

Lesson for the day: This morning there was a launching incident at the marina where I keep my Ranger bay boat. Poor guy lost control of his truck and launched not only his boat, but his trailer and his truck - older black fellow. He managed to get it stopped just in time to keep the engine and cab out of the water but he couldn't get the truck out. Black, white and Asian guys all helped get the guys truck and gear out of the water

That's the best kind of racism.
#6 Tom Francis on 2010-07-21 19:49 (Reply)
Right now, it looks like a centipede, so I suspect you are wrong.
#7 ahem on 2010-07-21 22:59 (Reply)
I don't know if the MSM will cover it, but they should. I don't mean in the big moral sense, but that it is in the best interest of those in the media who did NOT participate to expose those that did. With the membership of this listserv kept secret and more and more damning information coming out about it, the entire profession may be dragged down (yes, even further than they are already).
#8 Formerly known as Skeptic on 2010-07-24 10:40 (Reply)

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