Most Absurd Anonymously Sourced Quote of the Day
Most Absurd Anonymously Sourced Quote of the Day
From today’s Washington Post:
“We tend to learn our lessons,” said one senior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so he could be more candid.
The White House has certainly learned their lesson: it’s easy to spin reporters by speaking to them on background.
According to the Washington Post, this isn’t supposed to happen. From the Post’s policy on anonymous sources:
Sources often insist that we agree not to name them in the newspaper before they agree to talk with us. We must be reluctant to grant their wish. When we use an unnamed source, we are asking our readers to take an extra step to trust the credibility of the information we are providing. We must be certain in our own minds that the benefit to readers is worth the cost in credibility.
UPDATE: More valuable insight from the senior official in today’s Post:
“It was clear if the president was going to go for someone with judicial experience that Alito was his pick,” the senior official said.
“There was a lot of momentum behind Judge Alito,” the official said. “I don’t think there was a lot of gnashing of teeth.”
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I’ve got an idea. No more anons, and no more infotainment news where there are guets from left and right. Honestly, what can Kristol say that we don’t already know?!
Kristol
Buchanan
Mitchell
We know what they will say. I have a proposition: An infotainment show dedicated to opinions we DON’T expect. THAT could maybe by a long shot have actual relevance!
Kristol: “Yeah, I hate jews” (See how shocking that was?!)
November 1st, 2005 at 11:52 amOh, but then, Tweety wouldn’t have enough material for an hour! What’s a whore to do?!
November 1st, 2005 at 11:54 amThat is the wrong usage of the biblical reference of gnashing teeth. How appropriate for the truth rapists.
November 1st, 2005 at 11:58 am“We tend to learn our lessons.” Really?
November 1st, 2005 at 12:01 pmAND Liberals have no one to blame, but themselves. Your unconditional, unhealthy and vitriolic hatred for President Bush gave conservatives all the ammunition we needed to get Miers off the table and a good conservative one on. Suddenly when Mr. Bush pondered the thought of being fed to you wolves by his base, he got back in line.
Essentially, swing conservatives brought Bush down. Thank you for hating Bushie.
November 1st, 2005 at 12:06 pm“Your unconditional, unhealthy and vitriolic hatred for President Bush”
Vitriolic? I think you have been listening to too much Sean Hannity my friend, LOL.
November 1st, 2005 at 12:15 pmYou’re doing a ‘heckuva’ job crash-cart-cheeney.
I just hope no one in the WH cleaning crew sprays raid around the place,
or we will wake up one morning and find all the WH cockroaches tits up in their $2500 suits.
But it would save all the time and expense of impeachment.
Anyone eles think that this chris matthews piece of paper he has been ranting about came not from democrats, but from KKKarl?
It is just a ploy to take TREASON off the front page.
I guess KKKarls fake bombs aren’t working anymore.
I see noreast dimentia is back to the original handle.
November 1st, 2005 at 12:16 pmNED,
The fact that you blame everything on Liberals shows your complete lack of accountability or rationality. You’re whacko – pure and simple. It’s your hatred of ‘liberals’ and women that brought down miers. Republicans are hate filled, ignorant and idiotic bigots – you have no one to blame but your own inept selves for the entire mess of the last 5 years.
November 1st, 2005 at 12:34 pmMy what a compassionate and wonderful “base” Bush must have that they would devour him like a pack of wolves.
Is this part of the “uniting” strategy?
-GSD
November 1st, 2005 at 12:55 pmRyan – I don’t think the last five years were a mess. They would have been much worse had someone like Gore or Kerry been in charge. They would have to pander to the anti-American left at the cost of more deaths on American soil. Plainly said, the left can NEVER be trusted with this country’s national security. You are WEAK.
November 1st, 2005 at 1:33 pmLook here, the Media is complacent to the wishes of bug business and Government plans. They have NO credibility.
“We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But, the work is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.”
David Rockefeller,
November 1st, 2005 at 2:09 pm( founder of the Trilateral Commission),
in an address to a meeting of The Trilateral Commission,
in June, 1991.
is this what you want NED?
“We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But, the work is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.”
David Rockefeller,
November 1st, 2005 at 2:10 pm( founder of the Trilateral Commission),
in an address to a meeting of The Trilateral Commission,
in June, 1991.
40 years the Media has been in bed with the elitists of both Parties. SICK.
November 1st, 2005 at 2:12 pmWhat’s with the Dominos Pizza boycott? Is this person serious?
STOP EATING PIZZA TO CHANGE YOUR COUNTRY hardly sounds like a plan to me.
November 1st, 2005 at 2:53 pmI was considering posting something, but I see NED already pooped in here.
November 1st, 2005 at 3:44 pmJohn deaux is just buckfush by a new handle. Ignore it.
November 1st, 2005 at 3:49 pmWayne,
Untrained Mongrels always poop anywhere and everywhere that’s unsociable..
November 1st, 2005 at 3:59 pmI don’t know where everyone is from, but my local paper (in Evansville-Bigot, Indiana) plants real news on page 12. Of course there are only 13 pages all in all. Everyone must demand that the local media cover these important issues. Unfortunately, most small-town people are ignorant of national news because they’re too lazy to look for it, and the local media doesn’t present anything other than high school football. Call your stations and newspapers and tell them to get with the program!
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“The fact that you blame everything on Liberals shows your complete lack of accountability or rationality. You’re whacko – pure and simple….Republicans are hate filled, ignorant and idiotic bigots…” – - Ryanne
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:52 pm*****Thank goodness!! For a moment there I thought Ryanne blamed everything wrong everywhere on Repubs!! Maybe he’s NED’s EVIL twin…..