Karl Rove Hired As Newsweek Contributor To ‘Balance’ Markos
Karl Rove Hired As Newsweek Contributor To ‘Balance’ Markos
Earlier this week, Newsweek announced that it is hiring DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas as a contributor for the 2008 presidential campaign, offering occasional opinion pieces. Markos said, “Newsweek is ‘balancing’ me out with someone that should make heads on our side explode.”
Now we know who. Newsweek has announced it is hiring Karl Rove to become a Newsweek contributor. From a Newsweek press release:
“Newsweek has a long tradition of asking practitioners and opinion-makers to offer our readers the benefits of their experience in occasional opinion essays,” said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham. “Whether one agrees or disagrees with Karl, there is no arguing that he has been a critical player in the political world with insights and experiences that we think will give our readers something unique.”
The right wing has been up in arms, claiming Markos’ hire is an example of liberal bias in the media. Last night on Hannity & Colmes, NPR’s Juan Williams claimed journalism is being hijacked by angry, offensive individuals making “extreme statements“:
All you’ve got to do is shout, say something on the blog that offends and attacks the other side, and suddenly, you have the credentials, and you’re said to be a journalist.
Watch it:
Steve Benen writes, “Juan Williams said this while answering questions from Sean Hannity, during an interview on Fox News. The irony was apparently lost on the host, the guest, and the audience. What a shame.” And along comes Karl Rove to save journalism. We anxiously await Fox News’ condemnation of the Rove hiring.
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Uncle Karl will do fine, as long as there’s no math involved.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:43 pmHoly Fackwaddle. I’m thinking this says something about Markos gravitas or importance? At least, from some of his other writings I’ve seen, we know Karl isn’t as good a writer as Markos, much less substantiative. Wow.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:44 pmKos…you’re gonna have to gain some weight if you’re going to “balance out” that tub of poo!
November 15th, 2007 at 1:46 pmIs anyone calling Markos or Turdblossom “journalists” besides bloviating pundits like Juan Williams? They are being brought on to Newsweek to serve as bloviating pundits.
Looks like someone’s afraid of a little competition in the bloviation market!
November 15th, 2007 at 1:48 pmWait wait,
Rove is in politics. Hell, he got someone elected and was his “brain”. Kos is a simle far left hack. Whether you like Rove or not, the man has a solid political background. Kos on the other hand is simple some young man that likes to Blog. It isn’t even fair to Kos.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:49 pmJesus H. Christ! Yikes.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:50 pm“Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. ”
T. JEFFERSON
Give ‘em hell, Markos!
November 15th, 2007 at 1:51 pmKos and Rove, for there is money to be made in duels. Animosity is temporary, residuals are forever.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:51 pmThat which we call a turd, by any other name, would smell like s–t.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:52 pmLOL….And this would be a suprise to any sane thinking person?…..There’s an election in the work’s and the brain of the pupett will bring back the base…Ofcourse all the base (extreme relegious reich) has forgotten how rover reeled them in and then called them all fundies, crazies and wacko’s when he thought no one was listening…Any one with an IQ higher than room temp and rover will know it is just more evil speel….Moving on, nothing to see here….Now if ya want to improve your viewing number’s let’s put these republican pig’s in a mud pit and have some wrestling to watch…Blessings
November 15th, 2007 at 1:52 pmRoger_Rhetoric sez:
First of all, he didn’t get Chimpy elected…he got him “appointed”. Big difference.
Second, since both participants will be on an even footing, I’ll agree that the contest is mismatched - just not in the direction you imagine it to be. ^_^
November 15th, 2007 at 1:52 pmThat fat little bastUrd should be in prison.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:53 pmJuan Williams has become an apologist for Fox News. His cluelessness is especially ironic in light of Judith Regan’s lawsuit.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:54 pmDifference between Markos and Rove is that Markos is not a war criminal. Markos also has not outed any CIA agents.
Rove is a national shame. What about the missing emails? What about the torture? Shame.
GOP is the torture party.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:56 pmRogertwotimes forgets that facts and reason are like kryptonite to the likes of Turdblossom. It also forgets that the Rovian philosophy has dragged this country down like a few dozen anchors for seven long torturous years and Rove’s big genius head may have begun the death knoll for the GOP. I welcome his input to Newsweek. Let the rest of the country read for themselves what an asswipe KKKarl really is.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:56 pmWhether you like Rove or not, the man has a solid political background. Kos on the other hand is simple some young man that likes to Blog. It isn’t even fair to Kos.
Comment by Roger_Roger
No go on this one Rx2. Markos may not have placed an incompentent boob in the WH, but he does bring to the table many years of progressive ideas. He has also created a very popular forum (Daily Kos) for fellow progressives to come together and communicate those ideas.
Rove is a hatchet man, Markos is a communicator. Markos is educated, Rove is a college dropout. Markos encourages communication and dialog, Rove smears those who deviate from his playbook. Markos is relevant, Rove is a loser. Markos sees a future for America, Rove only sees a future of republicans.
I would say Rove will have his hands full.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pmWhether you like Rove or not, the man has a solid political background. Kos on the other hand is simple some young man that likes to Blog. It isn’t even fair to Kos.
Comment by Roger_Roger — November 15, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you the concern troll.
His worries for Kos rank alongside my broken-heart when Ricky Santorum tearfully conceded defeat a year ago.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:01 pmRove can write about the indictments and how to not answer to congress for crimes committed or maybe write about the wild GAY Gannon Sex Parties at the White House, that would sure be a read.
Buck Fush
November 15th, 2007 at 2:03 pmKos will chew him up and spit him out.
Rove relies on working behind the scenes to hatch his nefarious plots.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:06 pmIn the light of day, he’ll melt like a sugar plum.
Markos said, “Newsweek is ‘balancing’ me out with someone that should make heads on our side explode.â€
Well, if that was the goal, Rove = a big, er…Mission Accomplished..?
November 15th, 2007 at 2:09 pmIt isn’t even fair to Kos.
Comment by Roger_Roger — November 15, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
Bwahahaha! That’s hysterical. Hey, Roger2, when has Karl Rove ever demonstrated the ability to write coherent and persuasive commentary? What? Never? Then on what do you base your concern about Kos?
November 15th, 2007 at 2:10 pmI stopped buying Newsweak years ago.
Proapgandists for the power elite.
-GSD
November 15th, 2007 at 2:11 pmYah! now that would be interesting….What happened to the guest sign in book rover.? You know the one that listed over 200 sign in’s by gannon to the whore house.?..How come your bloated ugly self is still walking free.?..How many time’s a day do you have to councel the traitor by phone.? Huh? how about it.?…Oh and last but not least do evil deed’s realy make some one look so ugly or were you alway’s ugly so you commited the evil to match.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:11 pmKos, an Army veteran, can school Rove on military matters (Rove never served).
November 15th, 2007 at 2:12 pmBreaking News:
Newseak hires Brittany Spears to write a weekly column on healthy parenting.
-GSD
November 15th, 2007 at 2:13 pmJuan Williams:
All you’ve got to do is shout, say something on the blog that offends and attacks the other side, and suddenly, you have the credentials, and you’re said to be a journalist.
Ummmm, and Rove is a “journalist” … exactly, how?!?!?
As for Williams himself, he’s hardly a model of “journalisming”, nor is the rest of the Beltway coctail-weenie crowd…..
Cheers,
November 15th, 2007 at 2:14 pm*eye twitch*
*slight snicker*
*having trouble keeping straight face*
*twitch*
*snortle*
*twitch again*
*losing battle to keep straight face*
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Well, look what crawled out of the woodwork. *snort* Mr. Karl “I got the math” Rove. I got three words for ya, Karl.
WE OWNZ JOO!!!
*laughs, walking off.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:15 pmthe master mind of this corrupt evil empire vs. KOS? Rove can spin his web all he wants and one day will fall into his hell.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:18 pmThe truth is winning as we see KOS rising to an equal national level.
Breaking News:
Newseak hires Brittany Spears to write a weekly column on healthy parenting.
-GSD
Comment by GSD — November 15, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
HAHAHAHAH LOL Ouch my side! HAHAHA Very good GSD.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:18 pmJuan Williams is a major embarrassment, especially given how much his credibility is tied to his job with NPR. He’s another lightweight “liberal”, much like Hannity uses Colmes as a foil so he can pretend to have a balanced perspective. None of these programs would dare to allow someone like Glenn Greenwald or Joe Conason on as regular guests, because they’d constantly show the pundits up as buffoons.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:19 pmJuan Williams is Big Brother, working for State Sponsored TV.
Kos is smarter than Rove. I’m feeling pretty good.
Yeah, dumb Juan Williams missed the Irony. What a doofus.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:19 pmI’m with RUCerious and Bartlebee. As much as I dislike Newsweek and Rove, it’s fantastic to have Rove out front, in the light of day, for all to see the way this “man” thinks. His blathering will probably do more good for the progressive movement than the ads that are currently being marketed.
Have Rove for lunch, Markos.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:22 pmI’m sure no discussion of pending felonies was written into Rove’s contract.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:22 pmRoger Roger Rove attended six colleges and graduated from ZERO. As a political hack he’s not interested in politics, but smear campaigns.
Lets not forget his partisan skullduggery pushed Bush ratings to a new low. Heckuva Job Smearchitect!
November 15th, 2007 at 2:22 pmDoes no one else think this is amazing?
Of course Fox is going to make a stink over Kos getting into mainstream journalism. They’re irrelevant. I like the concept of two vastly opposed ideologies being presented in Newsweek. The liberal side of the argument is better, so let’s all roast some marshmallows and enjoy watching them trade barbs.
I bet Fareed Zakaria decks Rove before we hear the end of this. Isn’t this worth it, just for the CHANCE that such a thing could happen?
November 15th, 2007 at 2:23 pmHmmm…. Markos Moulitsas has been elevated to the same exalted plane as “The Architect” himself, Karl Rove by a prestigious Mainstream Media presence.
If that doesn’t result in thousands of wingnut heads exploding — particularly those at FARCE Noise Channel (and that includes you, Juan Williams) — then nothing on this planet will!
November 15th, 2007 at 2:24 pmWell, I’m never buying Newsweek again! Good luck, Newsweek! Because there’s way more liberals than “conservatives” in America.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:25 pmKKKarl calls this blog full of ‘vitriolic bloviators’.
Can KKKarl bloviate? He may look bovine, but, boy, can he bloviate.
Newsweak. heh.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI’m seeing a lot of posts comparing Markos and Rove — and how one of them is far more qualified than the other for this job (who the “one” is depends on the political ideology of the poster).
It really doesn’t matter. I assume that both of them will be required to carry equal weight for Newsweek regardless of their past histories, and we can make our evaluation of the content once their columns start appearing.
I also assume that since they will be required to carry equal weight, that Markos will be paid the same as Rove?
November 15th, 2007 at 2:25 pmWe are going to be hearing ‘Nice Try’ quite a bit from Mocha Dick.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:27 pmIf Karl Rove were associated with food, I would stop eating. I won’t lay one red cent down for anything that pig and traitor to the United States is associated with. No thanks, Newsweek. They have got to be kidding.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:27 pmIt isn’t even fair to Kos.
Comment by Roger_Roger — November 15, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
You’re absolutely right. Kos should be given more of a challenge.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:30 pmBalance, eh?
Kos ——————————————- Rove
Left —————————————— Right
November 15th, 2007 at 2:31 pmServed —————————— Did not serve
Fired a rifle ——————- Fired by Reagan
Fought in a war ———— Helped start a war
Interviewed at CIA —— Won’t talk about the CIA
Opposed Lieberman —— Supported Lieberman
Attends YearlyKos ——– Attends Grand Juries
Likes Jerome Armstrong — Likes Jeff Gannon, Jack Abramoff
Likes Blogging ————– Likes Bob Novak
Likes the math ———– Get back to you on that
Kos actually has a degree in journalism.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:32 pm48:
I agree with you 100%.
At any rate, I’m tired of the corporate media’s cheap trick of having two pundits “have at it” while pretending that the “truth is probably somewhere in between”.
It presupposes that reality is a straight line, that there are only two ways of looking at the world. In fact, there may only be one rational side. Or six. Or twenty.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:33 pmBringing Rovereich out to the forefront can only damage the GOP even further. You know that he’ll make a blathering fool out of himself every time he opens his mouth. He’s got the same “hoof ‘n mouth disease’ as the Shrub. Open mouth/insert foot. Bring on KKKKarl!!
What is the percentage of registered Reptards at this point? 28% and dropping??
November 15th, 2007 at 2:33 pm#51 Nice and apropos!
November 15th, 2007 at 2:34 pmDumb_Fox:
Love your balance sheet!
November 15th, 2007 at 2:34 pmI am glad someone pointed out Markos = veteran who served his country; Rove = pu$$y chickenhawk. Now carry on.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:36 pmDumb_Fox:
Love your balance sheet!
Comment by Frosty Cupcake — November 15, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Print one side out in red and the other in black and it’s complete.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:37 pmThe newsrag is just the tip of the KKKarlberg.
He’ll be guesting on Insannity, Druggie, Bow Tie Bimbo, et al.
They’ll frame the questions in a softball & let KKKarl explain how, no matter what Markos stated, he’s completely wrong.
Next, Bill O’Dungy will heap on his bloviations as fact.
Fairly Unbalanced…
November 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pmIt presupposes that reality is a straight line, that there are only two ways of looking at the world. In fact, there may only be one rational side. Or six. Or twenty.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake — November 15, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
I had a great college teacher that brought up the issue of perspective and how it affects one’s perception. He used the example of viewing a piece of sculpture. If you view it from only one angle, you’ll obviously only have a two-dimensional view, whereas if you walk around the sculpture and view it from all sides you’ll obviously get a more accurate and truthful view.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:40 pmRove might eat Kos for dinner, but otherwise I will not read a damn thing Karl spews in Newsweek.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:40 pmI have a hunch that Juan won’t be troubled by Unca Karl’s extreme statements in the least. did I say “extreme statements”? I meant to say “refreshing honesty” or some crap like that. you’ll have to forgive me.
Double Standard a Go-Go.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:42 pm“Last night on Hannity & Colmes, NPR’s Juan Williams claimed journalism is being hijacked by angry, offensive individuals making ‘extreme statements’.”
————————————————————
Pot, meet kettle.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:42 pmIn many ways, phony television liberals like Juan Williams make me much more angry than people like Karl Rove. Williams, like many of his friends in the pampered, powdered elite of main stream media, are pulling a scam. At least we know where a maniac like Rove stands.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:45 pmI love how these azzwipes think that we have to be a “journalist” for our opinion to count for anything.
You’re time is up, pundits! Time to think about a second career!
November 15th, 2007 at 2:50 pmI do find it odd that Newsweek believes it must balance its news magazine by hiring a pudgy fascist like Karl Rove. He is no better than fatty Rush Limbaugh or skinny Ann Coulter.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:51 pmFirst thing Rove should bloviate about is how and why Plame was outed.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:52 pmI wouldn’t be too worried about KKKarl. The rightwing desperately needs to begin making coherent, rational arguments before they can ever hope to return to prominence. KKKarl does nothing of the sort. Nothing is going to change for the fascist rightwing in this country until they own up to their mistakes and acknowledge that the opposition has a LEGITIMATE argument and have a right to it. Rove won’t do any of that. It will still be the same old talking points, childish namecalling and intellectual dishonesty.
Good luck with that, Sh!t Flower, or whatever they call you. All you have left is to hope you can continue to buy the corrupt compliance of Democratic Judases like Schumer and Feinstein. It’s over for you and the other fascists, and some stupid little column in a dinosaur establishment media has-been ain’t gonna change that one bit.
November 15th, 2007 at 2:57 pmRove will be an angry hot air bag with slightly more intellect than Rush. Like most of the far right crowd, emotion will make his point not logic or reason.
Interesting Faux News for Nazis is commenting on fair and balanced presentation, I mean look at their line up where are the liberals and/or progressives? Only Juan Williams dares enter the dragon’s den.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:11 pmI do find it odd that Newsweek believes it must balance its news magazine by hiring a pudgy fascist like Karl Rove. He is no better than fatty Rush Limbaugh or skinny Ann Coulter.
Comment by Jay Randal — November 15, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
I confess I haven’t read much of Rove’s punditry, but if he DOES sound anything like Limbaugh or Coulter, he’s just going to make Markos look like the clear-thinker of the two. However, Rove isn’t an idiot, and he will probably try to go more for reasoned arguments than strawman battles. After all, he doesn’t have to go for the “PAY ATTENTION TO ME!” approach like Limbaugh and Coulter do. I am going to be interested in reading both columns. At least, at first.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:14 pmWill KKKarl have a laptop in his cell? Will he be podcasting from the gallows? Is Newsweek now completely irrelevant?
November 15th, 2007 at 3:14 pmInteresting Faux News for Nazis is commenting on fair and balanced presentation, I mean look at their line up where are the liberals and/or progressives? Only Juan Williams dares enter the dragon’s den.
Comment by David B — November 15, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
To be fair, some say that Bill-O has sent his personal police out trying to round up some progressives to bring on his show. They can’t find any, since they keep turning right at every corner and keep ending up back at HQ.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:15 pmmissmolly > everything I have seen written by Karl Rove has been trashy like Limbaugh or Coulter slop, but he might have a ghost writer do the pieces for Newsweek magazine so lots of propaganda and less vileness.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:19 pmMethinks Karl Rove’s head should explode.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:20 pmK. Rove is a traitor, K. Rove is a traitor to our Bill of Rights, K. Rove is a traitor to our Constitution. K. Rove is a pathetic vile little creep who belongs in prison for his crimes against America. Newsweek is just another corporate propaganda outlet for the ruling rightwing elite. Newsweek used to happily cheer for the USA imperial war on the Vietnamese people in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Why anyone would waste their time reading this propaganda rag is beyond me… I wonder what Mr. Daily Kos is thinking that he or the progressive movement wiill be gaining by his signing up with Newsweek? Putting a thin veneer of progressive lipstick on a corporatist pig?
November 15th, 2007 at 3:22 pmWhat entity owns Newsweek? I’d like to know so I can write it a letter pointing out that Karl Rove should be shunned, not given a megaphone.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:24 pmIn many ways, phony television liberals like Juan Williams make me much more angry than people like Karl Rove. Williams, like many of his friends in the pampered, powdered elite of main stream media, are pulling a scam. At least we know where a maniac like Rove stands.
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — November 15, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
I’ve always thought of Williams as an NPR conservative rather than a Fox liberal. All perspective, I guess.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:27 pmLightfoot > not sure who pulls the strings at Newsweek, but the magazine used to be more liberal than Time magazine. Hiring Rove means Newsweek must be a GOPer rag now and Kos is going to be made to look stupid.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:31 pmKarl Rove?
Really?
For really real?
Is this an early April Fools joke?
Man, I wish hits hadn’t been banned, so I could watch him/her try and explain away his bias claims from yesterday.
Not that he/she would, but I can pretend he did in my mind.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:32 pm#5 Roger_Roger:
Whether you like Rove or not, the man has a solid political background.
Typo. You misspelled “criminal”.
No charge.
Cheers,
November 15th, 2007 at 3:52 pmI wonder what Mr. Daily Kos is thinking that he or the progressive movement wiill be gaining by his signing up with Newsweek? Putting a thin veneer of progressive lipstick on a corporatist pig?
Comment by Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre — November 15, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
Ambition. A person who has been a “king maker,” and one who wants to be one. Clear as a bell, to me.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:02 pmKos has been called an effeminate liberal, so he is being set-up by Newsweek to make liberals/progressives appear as pansies. Pudgy Rove will be played up as a fabulous dignified guy and not Bush’s turdblossom.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:10 pmWho will be Rove’s Ghost Writer? Bush? No, you have to know english first. Gonzo? No, he’s going to jail soon. Rummy? No, too many cute little sayings. Gannon? Sure, he can write for him under the covers with a flashlight, just watchout for when Rovie cuts one, Dutch Oven anyone?
Buck Fush
November 15th, 2007 at 4:10 pm“It isn’t even fair to Kos.”
Then the conservatives have nothing to worry about. Right? Right?
November 15th, 2007 at 4:20 pmHow about instead of “balanced”, Newsweek strove to be accurate? As in, giving their readers an accurate depiction of Bush’s misguided policies.
This “he said, she said” format the American media likes to use so much, irritates me to no end. Sometimes, the truth simply doesn’t lie somewhere in between. Like in this case; Rove was the advisor to one of the worst US presidents in recent history (if not since the US was born).
This format also allows the media to be lazy, complacent and abdicate their responsibility to actually inform the audience. The excuse “but.. but… we present both sides” is no substitute for accurate, objective reporting.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:28 pmComment by Squegeeboo — November 15, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
I don’t think you can actually reach that level of stupidity, no matter how hard you try ;-)
November 15th, 2007 at 4:30 pmI’d love to see Rove outline his math and tactics for the world to see how caging, smearing and other plays are executed in the GOOPER world.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:31 pmRove, a CRIMINAL and TRAITOR to the USA, got MORON Bush, a WAR CRIMINAL and TRAITOR to the USA into office.
Wow…
SUCH a “genius”.
DEFINITELY a TREASONOUS little PUNK who, one day, I hope will be shot through his fat little head by a US soldier WOUNDED by Bush’s LIES.
The DEAD soldiers would LOVE to do it, but they’re
DEAD!!
Sincerely,
NRA Gun Nutes
November 15th, 2007 at 4:31 pmRove got his guy into the White House twice, Markos backed Nerd Lament. Who’s the genius?
Comment by Beefeater — November 15, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
Based on that comment alone, the genius is certainly not you.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:32 pmI wonder if Newsweek plans to publish Rove’s garbage when he is writing it from a jail cell.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:45 pmRove got his guy into the White House twice, Markos backed Nerd Lament. Who’s the genius?
Comment by Beefeater — November 15, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
You know, I might have had the tiniest shred of respect for you, ‘Beefeater’, if you’d called the defeated Democratic challenger to Joe Lieberman by his real name. But you had to go and call him “Nerd Lament.” How very…..gradeschool of you. We grew out of calling each other nerds and dweebs about the same time we grew out of assuming that the other gender had cooties. I guess you still think girls have cooties…
November 15th, 2007 at 4:47 pmKos will chew him up and spit him out.
Comment by RUCerious — November 15, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
My sentiments exactly.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:55 pmKos has been called an effeminate liberal, so he is being set-up by Newsweek to make liberals/progressives appear as pansies. Pudgy Rove will be played up as a fabulous dignified guy and not Bush’s turdblossom.
Comment by Jay Randal — November 15, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
If Newsweek wants to display a bias by setting up Markos to look bad and Rove to look good (and so far there isn’t any evidence they plan to do this), let ‘em.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. And the proof of the punditry is in the writing. It will be the ideas that matter in the end.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:56 pmAs revolting it will be to see Rove’s name in my Newsweek magazine, I am taking some consolation in a couple of things:
November 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pmMarkos Moulitsas is a force to be dealt with; he is smart, his ideas are cogent, and he can write well.
Karl Rove already has a reputation of dubious distinction; no doubt he is smart, but people know he is cunning and devious. I think his words will be read through a prism of skepticism, whereas Kos is open.
toasterhead: “I’ve always thought of Williams as an NPR conservative rather than a Fox liberal. All perspective, I guess.”
Who would be the NPR liberals? Mara Lisson, who goes on FOX and argues that Democrats are creeps, or Gwen Ifill, who goes to barbecues at her good friend Condi Rice’s house and then lobs her big fat softballs in interviews?
November 15th, 2007 at 5:55 pmMarkos can handle that blob. All Rove knows how to do is smear, and Markos will just kill him with facts.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:20 pmBeefeater: “Right! Never any name calling here! You all grew out of that!”
When a fine Repub woman asked Senator John McCain the other day, “Senator, how are we going to beat the b*tch,” he answered “Good question.” Beefeater, I’m sure your delicate sensibilities were deeply offended.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:42 pm—-
“Whether one agrees or disagrees with Karl, there is no arguing that he has been a critical player in the political world with insights and experiences that we think will give our readers something unique.â€
—-
And let us not forget the critical, unique role Hitler played in World War II.
- Tom
November 15th, 2007 at 6:43 pmThe management of Newsweek knew before the 2004 election that the President was lying about the Plame affair and that Karl Rove had disclosed her occupation to one of their correspondents. They evidently didn’t think that the voting public needed to know this before making an informed voting decision.
That’s all you need to know about the trustworthiness and honor of the publication known as Newsweek.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:48 pmMarkos will write his own column.
Karl Rove will have an assistant do it.
Newsweek knows full well that they’re getting one seasoned political writer and one nameless intern.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:09 pm“Whether one agrees or disagrees with Karl, there is no arguing that he has been a critical player in the political world with insights and experiences that we think will give our readers something unique.â€
I have two words to say about that:
Roy. Cohn.
Meanwhile I have a prediction I’d like to share. I hope someone remembers this when it happens, because my prediction is so sure, it almost feels preordained. At some point. Rove is going to say something so monumentally false, Markos will have no moral option but to call him on it. Newsweek will hem and haw about honoring Markos’ content, Markos will then spill the backstage drama over at Dailykos, and Newsweek will conveniently let him go. They will claim they don’t allow their journalists or columnists to denigrate their other jornalists or columnists anywhere in public, even if it’s the journalist/columnist’s own blog. It’ll all be a load of nonsense, but it will be a deliberate attempt to make Markos, and by extension the blogging/netroots community, look like petulant WATBs. Then, adding insult to injury, in order to restore “balance,†they will hire a supposedly progressive columnist at least 27 steps to the right of Markos. How un-Marloslike will this new columnist be? If we’re lucky(!) it’ll be Alan Colmes or someone of his ilk.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:35 pmSo in order to “balance” out a liberal blogger writing editorials, they hire Bush’s former mouthpiece and propagandist? I take it they couldn’t find any intelligent people who would defend Bush that WEREN’T on the Bush payroll.
The fact that they would equate an independant liberal blogger with a paid Bush shill is mind boggling.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:20 pmI left this comment on the CarpetBagger as well…but I almost went through the roof of my car this morning when I heard this, so it bears repeating (for me, at any rate):
November 16th, 2007 at 1:20 amMr Journalist Juan Williams on NPR Morning edition this morning “ I know that there has been questions raised about whether the Clinton campaign has already been sending messages to CNN and to Blitzer to say ‘you know, you have to be impartial‘”
Apparently,yesterdays debunking of this rumor and Wolf’s denial didn’t reach his ears since he was too busy hanging out with the real journalists on Fox News Channel
Drives me nuts to hear him lecturing others on what journalism is
I’ll make my talking point brief: The only good Rove is a Dead Rove.
John
November 16th, 2007 at 6:57 pmAs if there ever was a journalist at Fox…
Furthermore, there is no “far-left” in the USA - the country has veered so far to the right that what it calls the “left” is right-of-center and what it calls the “far-left” is center everywhere else.
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:56 pm