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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 07:46 PM
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14. it might be time to write to Len Downie
.....it rarely does any good, but it does tick him off to get critical mail.

downiel@washpost.com
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  -WaPo: What's a Press Corps To Do? (press considering revolt against WH) grasswire  Mar-18-05 07:06 PM   #0 
  - and here's what Froomkin's boss says...  grasswire   Mar-18-05 07:08 PM   #1 
  - well that sure put a corker on any of idea of a press revolt!!  rodeodance   Mar-18-05 07:16 PM   #4 
  - Rots o Ruck you sycophantic  zidzi   Mar-18-05 07:14 PM   #2 
  - Here is an interesting part  Pirate Smile   Mar-18-05 07:14 PM   #3 
  - I agree  JerseygirlCT   Mar-18-05 07:26 PM   #9 
  - Exactly. The WH Correspondents job now is to simply repeat  Pirate Smile   Mar-18-05 07:36 PM   #11 
  - Is that what they learned in J-school?  Demgirl   Mar-19-05 10:33 AM   #61 
     - That isn't what they were teaching a decade ago when I got my  Pirate Smile   Mar-19-05 10:56 AM   #63 
  - YES!!!!: the news ought to report on those machinations  chomskysright   Mar-18-05 07:55 PM   #21 
     - Agreed but at best we will only get the newspapers and magazines  BrendaStarr   Mar-18-05 09:01 PM   #30 
  - They think it, but don't write it  MsMagnificent   Mar-18-05 10:46 PM   # 
  - only a SMALL part of their income comes from subscribers  Stephen The Liberal   Mar-19-05 07:42 AM   #50 
     - Good point, thanks  MsMagnificent   Mar-19-05 02:56 PM   #69 
  - This is so long overdue.  Dulcinea   Mar-20-05 05:19 AM   #78 
  - A revolt of some kind is long overdue  Jack Rabbit   Mar-18-05 07:16 PM   #5 
  - Mainstream news has missed too many Bush scandals --  JDPriestly   Mar-18-05 07:27 PM   #10 
  - you are right  Stephen The Liberal   Mar-19-05 07:49 AM   #51 
  - Actually, "follow-up" questions - repeated till a satisfactory answer is  TankLV   Mar-20-05 01:32 PM   #81 
  - They need to make a decision: Are they journalists or carrier pigeons?  havocmom   Mar-18-05 07:17 PM   #6 
  - Funny, I got a call today from a local community paper editor.  Liberty Belle   Mar-18-05 07:26 PM   #8 
  - I believe this story is just cover. The press is trying to convey it has  Robbien   Mar-18-05 07:50 PM   #18 
  - Bingo. Playing to the interneters who KNOW THEY ARE CIA'S LIARS.  JohnOneillsMemory   Mar-18-05 08:42 PM   #28 
  - Sadly, you are correct.............  ClintonTyree   Mar-18-05 09:20 PM   #33 
     - It is the political Donner class that control the government  Stephen The Liberal   Mar-19-05 08:13 AM   #54 
     - Government controlled media.  saskatoon   Mar-19-05 04:33 PM   #75 
  - My thoughts exactly. I call bullshit on this "rebellion"  Mandate My Ass   Mar-18-05 09:40 PM   #35 
  - No, my local editor is a liberal.  Liberty Belle   Mar-19-05 04:06 PM   #72 
  - Congrats Liberty Belle! I hope you stepped up to the plate!  peacebird   Mar-18-05 07:51 PM   #19 
  - Yep! I'm even getting paid a token amount, and will be  Liberty Belle   Mar-19-05 04:08 PM   #73 
  - If they have an online edition, make sure you post a link.  djmaddox1   Mar-18-05 07:52 PM   # 
     - Thanks! I'll post, but unfortunately they don't have a website.  Liberty Belle   Mar-19-05 04:09 PM   #74 
        - Always happy to encourage an editor for good coverage.  djmaddox1   Mar-20-05 02:52 AM   #77 
  - "carrier pigeons"!  troubleinwinter   Mar-18-05 07:37 PM   #12 
  - "Carrier pigeons..." exactly! Love your line. I would be happy  rzemanfl   Mar-19-05 05:20 AM   #46 
  - A Journalist's Craft.. Read on WJ C-Span yesterday....  leftchick   Mar-19-05 07:56 AM   #53 
  - Awwwwwww ... "Daddy Dubya" ain't treatin' you 'hos right?  FlemingsGhost   Mar-18-05 07:25 PM   #7 
  - DING DING DING! FlemingsGhost, you're our grand prize winner!  rocknation   Mar-18-05 09:05 PM   #31 
  - I suspect many of the journalists prefer it this way  creeksneakers2   Mar-18-05 07:44 PM   #13 
  - it might be time to write to Len Downie  grasswire   Mar-18-05 07:46 PM   #14 
  - well hey publish your battle plan then so the WH can see it.  chimpsrsmarter   Mar-18-05 07:46 PM   #15 
  - ...which is why this is all for show and to be consumed by us in an attemp  Al-CIAda   Mar-19-05 03:23 PM   #71 
  - I watched this today on C-Span  adigal   Mar-18-05 07:47 PM   #16 
  - Orginally posted by Adigal  rocknation   Mar-18-05 10:46 PM   #38 
  - Janet Leissner, CBS Washington chief  realFedUp   Mar-19-05 10:19 AM   #58 
  - What really has them worried - $$  Demgirl   Mar-19-05 10:42 AM   #62 
  - poodle pup press  AZDemDist6   Mar-18-05 07:49 PM   #17 
  - Yep. And they were probably ordered to print stories such as this  Robbien   Mar-18-05 07:52 PM   #20 
     - Heh. Interesting, but I'll be skeptical until I see action. n/t.  BlueIris   Mar-18-05 08:10 PM   #23 
        - I meant to say stories such as this WaPo one which says reporters  Robbien   Mar-18-05 08:25 PM   #26 
           - Yeah, a "false dawn"  confludemocrat   Mar-18-05 10:43 PM   #37 
              - As said above, if this was on the level,  confludemocrat   Mar-18-05 10:47 PM   #39 
  - a combative clip from yesterday's briefing  grasswire   Mar-18-05 07:59 PM   #22 
  - David Gregory has been one to press McClellan (not physically) more than  tater_salad   Mar-18-05 08:33 PM   #27 
  - Oh, but David speaks FRENCH  MADem   Mar-19-05 01:58 PM   #66 
  - "Render"? "Rendition"? What the fuck is it with all these euphemisims?  TankLV   Mar-20-05 01:49 PM   #82 
  - glad to see there are some journalists left who know what their job is ...  NVMojo   Mar-18-05 08:18 PM   #24 
  - An astrological pattern: US will see more press revolt  SpiralHawk   Mar-18-05 08:23 PM   #25 
  - As a former adherent to astrology  Spiffarino   Mar-19-05 02:08 PM   #67 
  - I think the media, in general, are panicking over blogs,....  Robeson   Mar-18-05 08:45 PM   #29 
  - The media HAS TO start embarrassing the White House.................  ClintonTyree   Mar-18-05 09:07 PM   #32 
  - I saw part of this forum and was impressed and depressed....  higher class   Mar-18-05 09:33 PM   #34 
  - I cant imagine that meeting as being anything other than a buncha phonies.  Harlequin   Mar-18-05 10:05 PM   #36 
  - Well at least they are admiting there's a problem with this WH!  napi21   Mar-18-05 10:49 PM   #40 
  - But are we hearing about this forum on the teevee?? 24/7??? Nope!  loudsue   Mar-18-05 11:21 PM   #41 
  - in this era of spin and misinformation, it's time to head to the ramparts  paineinthearse   Mar-18-05 11:26 PM   #42 
  - Ain't it interesting how the rest of the world's media has had no problems  LynnTheDem   Mar-19-05 02:22 AM   #43 
  - Wow they all talked about how to handle being kicked in the ass  Rex   Mar-19-05 03:23 AM   #44 
  - You all kick ass here!!!  gtar100   Mar-19-05 03:33 AM   #45 
  - There are no Reporters anymore....Just...Repeaters.  Gin   Mar-19-05 05:41 AM   #47 
  - I like that phrase....  realFedUp   Mar-19-05 10:21 AM   #59 
  - Hi gtar !  Catchawave   Mar-19-05 07:54 AM   #52 
  - The BFEE uses the WH press corps as part of their "perception  bobthedrummer   Mar-19-05 06:24 AM   #48 
  - The Press Corps is revolting?  ClintonTyree   Mar-19-05 07:27 AM   #49 
  - press corps  90-percent   Mar-19-05 08:42 AM   #55 
  - "Surrender your independence"  athenap   Mar-19-05 09:15 AM   #56 
  - When monkeys fly out of my ass...  Enraged_Ape   Mar-19-05 09:26 AM   #57 
  - Watch the CIA move into the blogsphere  glitch   Mar-19-05 10:28 AM   #60 
  - So, we're supposed...  DirtyDawg   Mar-19-05 11:32 AM   #64 
  - It begins--look at this snippet on a report about Schiavo  pacoyogi   Mar-19-05 11:48 AM   #65 
  - Is anyone else disturbed by the idea of a MSM revolt?  deadparrot   Mar-19-05 02:09 PM   #68 
  - We shouldn't :(  MsMagnificent   Mar-19-05 02:59 PM   #70 
  - Almost none of you  Oeditpus Rex   Mar-20-05 12:25 AM   #76 
  - and a public welcome to DU, oedit  grasswire   Mar-20-05 01:15 PM   #80 
  - Like this is going anywhere? NO!  PROGRESSIVE1   Mar-20-05 06:47 AM   #79 
  - The only kind of revolt that will work is. . .  leanin_green   Mar-20-05 03:28 PM   #83 
  - The key: that enough of the press act together with integrity rather than  Nothing Without Hope   Mar-20-05 09:40 PM   #84 
  - Never give up.Never give in.  The Kicker   Mar-20-05 11:14 PM   #85 
 

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