We Are Watching, Oh Yes
God bless the Wall Street Journal, who, only two years after George Allen’s “Macaca Moment” are finally figuring out that New Media is a force to be reckoned with in politics.
Television news organizations, facing unprecedented scrutiny, have often expressed contrition for poorly chosen words during this election season.
In a campaign that includes the first viable African-American presidential candidate, the lines of appropriate speech have become fuzzy.
Just an aside: No they haven’t. The rules of appropriate speech are the same as they’ve always been. What’s different now is only the implosion of Pox News due to the fact that we have a whole flotilla of Republican operatives who are sweating blood trying to figure out how close to the line they can go without actually shouting, “NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER!!!” into the cameras.
News organizations are under pressure from a broad network of self-appointed watchdogs, including organized groups like Media Matters and individuals. These watchdogs are likely to remain vigilant about gaffes, misstatements and potentially biased language through the November vote. Just this week, Gina McCauley, a well-known blogger in Austin, Texas, started michelleobamawatch.com to track the portrayal of Mrs. Obama in the news media.
Don’t forget Fight the Smears, where, due to popular demand, the Obama campaign has had to set up its own version of Snopes.com to keep track of all the lies.
But welcome to the party, WSJ. Bloggers, Media Matters, MoveOn, we’ll be here. Just like we’ve been. Nice of you to notice for once.

179 Responses to “We Are Watching, Oh Yes”
By madmommy on Jun 13, 2008 11:07 am |
Geez, way to stay on top of things, WSJ. There was an article in the Picayune this am about a website launched to counter smears and lies against the Obamas. Trouble is, nowhere in the article do they actually give the address. Kinda defeats the purpose, unless the purpose is to keep reminding people that the lies are out there, without giving them the information they need to get the truth. How many non-blog type people are going to go to the trouble to find a site to counter some viral email their crazy GOP brother sent them?
By burnspbesq on Jun 13, 2008 11:08 am |
Malkin noted for “trenchant criticism,” says the Journal.
What???
Only if you are using “trenchant” in the somewhat archaic sense of “caustic.”
In mainstream, contemporary American usage, “trenchant,” according to the online Webster’s, means “vigorously effective and articulate” or “sharply perceptive.”
Malkin? Sharply perceptive? Umm … no.
By burnspbesq on Jun 13, 2008 11:10 am |
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/
By e on Jun 13, 2008 11:46 am |
burnspbesq said
Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they did mean it in the archaic sense, given that they are very likely working off the original 1898 edition of Merriam-Websters.
By e on Jun 13, 2008 11:48 am |
and speaking of ancient relics…..
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2008/06/dude-doesnt-know-how-to-use-computer.html
By punaise on Jun 13, 2008 12:00 pm |
it was a typo: Malkin = trench mouth
incisive? no
incisors? you be the judge
By punaise on Jun 13, 2008 12:02 pm |
in a move to refute Kumbaya criticisms, the obama campaign has launched fight-the-smores.com
By punaise on Jun 13, 2008 12:08 pm |
trenchant probably derives from the French tranchant, which in the non-figurative sense means cutting or slicing. since MM is ready to cut her nose off to spite here face, well….
By e on Jun 13, 2008 12:09 pm |
epu’d from last thread:
” . . .the lawyer for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s one-time driver, said he will seek dismissal of the charges against Hamdan based on the new ruling. A military judge had already delayed the trial’s start to await the high court’s decision.
“The entire legal framework under which Mr. Hamdan was to be tried has been turned on its head,” said his lawyer, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer.
It was unclear whether a hearing at Guantanamo for Canadian Omar Khadr, charged with killing a U.S. Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan, would go forward next week as planned.
Charles Swift, the former Navy lawyer who used to represent Hamdan, said he believes the court removed any legal basis for keeping the Guantanamo facility open and that the military tribunals are “doomed.”
Guantanamo generally and the tribunals were conceived on the idea that “constitutional protections wouldn’t apply,” Swift said. “The court said the Constitution applies. They’re in big trouble.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/12/national/w070635D78.DTL
By punaise on Jun 13, 2008 12:22 pm |
TPM:
punaise said
By madmommy on Jun 13, 2008 12:49 pm |
punaise said
WTF? I could see it if they were like a lot of folks, using the credit cards to stretch the paycheck a bit. But they are most assuredly NOT like most people. Seems like rich people stay rich by making smart decisions about money, and this seems pretty dumb to me.
Am I missing something here?
By Persiflage on Jun 13, 2008 1:04 pm |
madmommy said
I’m not sure about American banks madmommy, but here they often give interest-free cards to “important” customers, yoy know, the onces rich enough to actually pay for it.
By peanutbutter on Jun 13, 2008 1:08 pm |
I would imagine they simply don’t care. They probably clean it up once in a while when they notice.
I bet persiflage has it, though. If it’s interest free, then it makes sense.
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