Letters to the Editor
SusanMc
Published Letters: 463 Editor's Choice: 1
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Closet Space
[Read the article: Richard Cohen's brilliant (and unintentional) exposé of our media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]GG:
The "Ace" commenter is satirizing a post that Instapundit promoted.
AhHahaha! This is that same "Ace" who's so askeerd of vaginas?! He is one truly confused individual; I strongly recommend counseling. Also, I see Glen Reynolds' obsession with you and all things manly continues unabated. Thanks for explaining that; I, for one, was confused.
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Tracking the RWAs
[Read the article: Richard Cohen's brilliant (and unintentional) exposé of our media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt:
I think Glenn Reynolds and Instapundit are one in the same. Aren't they?
Yes. Reynolds didn't write it, though; he linked (approvingly? One never can tell, but we guess yes) to the post, which was written by Ace. I've heard about Ace, because he stalks some of my favorite feminist bloggers, even though he's quite obviously terrified of them (and all their womanly parts).
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Good Question
[Read the article: Richard Cohen's brilliant (and unintentional) exposé of our media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]DCLaw1:
What is the average amount of pages of comments before the inevitable infighting over libertarianism or some semantical tangent?
My guess is 15. My theory is that it has to do with the time of day (usually corresponds to just about lunch/naptime). The semantics/tangent discussions are often quite interesting (to me) but, frankly, I've found most libertarians to be impractical nutjobs (no offense!), so I skip those.
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Corollaries
[Read the article: Richard Cohen's brilliant (and unintentional) exposé of our media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Karen:
Now we need a term to describe arguments that devolve into liberarians throwing sand in everyone else's eyes... but we'll naturally have to use some other name for the corollary.
Oh, Godwin's got that covered, too:
I seeded Godwin's Law in any newsgroup or topic where I saw a gratuitous Nazi reference. Soon, to my surprise, other people were citing it - the counter-meme was reproducing on its own! And it mutated like a meme, generating corollaries like the following:
* Gordon's Restatement of Newman's Corollary to Godwin's Law: Libertarianism (pro, con, and internal faction fights) is the primordial net.news discussion topic. Any time the debate shifts somewhere else, it must eventually return to this fuel source.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html
Frankly, it only serves him right. ;~) He gets to describe one type of argument and be one of those being described in another.
Actually, it sounds like that was his aim all along!
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Adams' Law
[Read the article: Richard Cohen's brilliant (and unintentional) exposé of our media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Michael Harold:
The average number of comments before libertarianism is mentioned is 42
The Ultimate Answer! Of course you are right.
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Mission Accomplished
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A Newsweek poll this weekend... showed that 41 % of Americans think that Saddam was connected to the 911 attacks.
Since polls also show an overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed to the war, maybe Saddam's non-involvement is irrelevant to these 41% now that he's dead? And maybe that's another reason the Administration is pushing the "Al Qaeda in Iraq" meme-- their former supporters are deserting the cause since the "reason" for the war is moot?
Good for McClatchy. I don't have one of their newspapers as an option here, but I have their website bookmarked. They have some excellent blogs up there.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
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Broad Strokes
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pandyora:
Your broad brush stereotype of the military as a bunch of bloodthirsty idiots is both ignorant and insulting.
I think you missed the part of Glenn's post where he talked about with whom the McClatchy correspondents get to talk.
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It Figures
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ed Richter:
From Kyoto to Iraq--this administration has used language and its inherent shades of gray to distort, manipulate and brow beat all that stood in its path...
I like Figaro, who has dealt with how Bush, at least, uses language, quite a bit:
How To Talk Like Bush (And Why You Should Want To)
What you say: Oh Ginger, that was a bad thing. You’re a bad, bad dog, Ginger.
What a dog hears: Blah Ginger, blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, Ginger.
— "Far Side" Cartoon
What Bush says: And when you engage the terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action.
What sticks in people’s minds: …engage the terrorists…activity…action.
[etc]
http://www.figarospeech.com/talk-like-bush/
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Unclear on the Concept
[Read the article: Interview with Helen Thomas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]HT:
That afternoon, I got a call from Ari Fleisher, the White House Press Secretary, saying: "What's the idea of blindsiding the President"?
This was the most amazing quote to me.
1) That Fleisher considered asking a direct question to be "blindsiding." [What? Do the questions normally all have to be submitted in advance?]
and
2) That he did not understand that "blindsiding" is the Press' job.
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Ball of Confusion
[Read the article: Interview with Helen Thomas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Christopher1988:
Who cares what polls show about the nation confusing the threat of Hussein with 9-11?
They were more than "confused," they were completely misinformed.