Comments on: Drudge is pushing a story http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:36:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: superd http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-844730 superd Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:36:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-844730 lol @ global warming. you nut bags really honestly believe anything people tell you? "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!" lol @ global warming. you nut bags really honestly believe anything people tell you? “the sky is falling! the sky is falling!”

]]> By: Crooked Timber » » Why oh why can’t we get a better press corps? Oz edition http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-784029 Crooked Timber » » Why oh why can’t we get a better press corps? Oz edition Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:17:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-784029 [...] Warren’s misleading take was picked up by Reuters and UPI and then made it into the right-wing blogosphere, being reproduced not only by reliably silly sites like Arts and Letters Daily and Matt Drudge but by people who should know better, like Dan Drezner. [...] [...] Warren’s misleading take was picked up by Reuters and UPI and then made it into the right-wing blogosphere, being reproduced not only by reliably silly sites like Arts and Letters Daily and Matt Drudge but by people who should know better, like Dan Drezner. [...]

]]> By: John Quiggin » Blog Archive » Inconvenient truths and awkward untruths http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-780541 John Quiggin » Blog Archive » Inconvenient truths and awkward untruths Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:15:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-780541 [...] The Oz has even attracted international attention. As Crikey reports, the Scientific American has slammed it, while the reliably silly Arts and Letters Daily gives a favorable link, as does Matt Drudge. For a comprehensive demolition, you can’t go past Real Climate. [...] [...] The Oz has even attracted international attention. As Crikey reports, the Scientific American has slammed it, while the reliably silly Arts and Letters Daily gives a favorable link, as does Matt Drudge. For a comprehensive demolition, you can’t go past Real Climate. [...]

]]> By: Tank http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-779681 Tank Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:57:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-779681 If Drudge reported that today he did it a week after the rest of the world's news media did. Trying a little bit of spin of your own here TP by suggesting this was just one conservative media outlet reporting this ? Hoping nobody would wonder why when the story was this widely published that a single anonymous blog is where you had to source the "debunk" for this rather than just some accredited scientist who reads newspapers ? If Drudge reported that today he did it a week after the rest of the world’s news media did.

Trying a little bit of spin of your own here TP by suggesting this was just one conservative media outlet reporting this ?

Hoping nobody would wonder why when the story was this widely published that a single anonymous blog is where you had to source the “debunk” for this rather than just some accredited scientist who reads newspapers ?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-779644 Zooey Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:46:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-779644 I mean, Jason M. Hendler isn't even here. What does that tell you? I mean, Jason M. Hendler isn’t even here. What does that tell you?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-779642 Zooey Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:45:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-779642 Come on! It's <em>Drudge</em>. Even idiots and morons don't want to be associated with him. Come on! It’s Drudge.

Even idiots and morons don’t want to be associated with him.

]]> By: drudge report » Drudge report - Limbaugh, who said “[i]t would be a shame” if Couric were hit by … http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-779510 drudge report » Drudge report - Limbaugh, who said “[i]t would be a shame” if Couric were hit by … Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:33:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-779510 [...] Drudge is pushing a storyThink Progress, DC - 9 hours agoReputable scholars predict the Drudge Report will be extinct, along with the majority party in congress, by the year 2008. Naw, it … [...] [...] Drudge is pushing a storyThink Progress, DC - 9 hours agoReputable scholars predict the Drudge Report will be extinct, along with the majority party in congress, by the year 2008. Naw, it … [...]

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-779241 JPark Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:45:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-779241 I thought that was a legitimate, intelligent post and then I realized it was just Ben. I thought that was a legitimate, intelligent post and then I realized it was just Ben.

]]> By: Tim Lambert http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-778382 Tim Lambert Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:42:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-778382 Hey, would you believe that the reporter's previous job was <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/08/the_australians_war_on_science_1.php" rel="nofollow">PR for the coal industry</a>? Hey, would you believe that the reporter’s previous job was PR for the coal industry?

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-778188 Zimzone Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:25:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-778188 #6, Ben you seem to gravitate where you're not needed or wanted. Is this symptomatic of your life in general? Global warming is the single most important issue facing the planet. Yes, that's right, bigger than W's War on Terra', bigger than the '06 elections and bigger than you. When Corporate Monopolies don't want the truth, they pay people to do everything possible to hide it. Just like your President does with information. It's TP's job, (and ours), to uncover the truth and let Americans know. Is that bad? Or don't you like it because it doesn't fit your agenda? Grow some balls, Ben. Face it, you've been lied to for years. You have time to find the truth. This is a good place to start. But you have to be open to new facts, not just talking points running out of Ken Mehlman's ass. #6, Ben you seem to gravitate where you’re not needed or wanted.
Is this symptomatic of your life in general?
Global warming is the single most important issue facing the planet.
Yes, that’s right, bigger than W’s War on Terra’, bigger than the ‘06 elections and bigger than you.
When Corporate Monopolies don’t want the truth, they pay people to do everything possible to hide it. Just like your President does with information. It’s TP’s job, (and ours), to uncover the truth and let Americans know. Is that bad? Or don’t you like it because it doesn’t fit your agenda? Grow some balls, Ben. Face it, you’ve been lied to for years. You have time to find the truth. This is a good place to start. But you have to be open to new facts, not just talking points running out of Ken Mehlman’s ass.

]]> By: Ben http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-777700 Ben Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:38:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-777700 I thought they were posting a story but thats what they do here at TP. You know twist things and use deception. I thought they were posting a story but thats what they do here at TP. You know twist things and use deception.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-777667 Jay Randal Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:26:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-777667 Drudge is full of sludge, so who cares what the GOP freak claims! Drudge is full of sludge, so who cares what the GOP freak claims!

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-777651 Zimzone Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:15:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-777651 Reputable scholars predict the Drudge Report will be extinct, along with the majority party in congress, by the year 2008. Reputable scholars predict the Drudge Report will be extinct, along with the majority party in congress, by the year 2008.

]]> By: kindness http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/comment-page-1/#comment-777647 kindness Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:14:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/drudge-is-pushing-a-story/#comment-777647 Drudge....what an asshat. Drudge….what an asshat.

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