My name is Hippocritico and I’m here to help my friends in the mainstream media protect their journalistic legacies by making sure they don’t come off as brazen, biased, hypocrites by covering a particular story that hurts one political party and not covering another story that hurts another.
A tale of one “journalist” and two news stories:
On one hand, we have the story of J. Christian Adams, a Department of Justice whistleblower who testified on the record to ongoing and systemic discrimination at the DOJ. As of today, a good faith search of the Politico site fails to show the name of said whistleblower having ever appeared anywhere on Politico. This includes Ben Smith’s 1200-plus word spread about a single conservative he scraped up who believes the whole Black Panther story is silly (which appears to be the only coverage of the story Politico has bothered with).
On the other hand, we have Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin mangling a word on Twitter. This very same Ben Smith not only found this Tweet worth mentioning, but worth mentioning in a headline where he linked to a blogger who accused Palin of “joining forces” with the “anti-Muslim Bigot Brigade.”
I am simply pointing this glaring hypocrisy and bad judgment out for the benefit of Mr. Smith and his editors who will hopefully soon wake up to the fact that this kind of “reporting” makes them look horribly dishonest – like left-wing ideologues disguised as journalists who have chosen sides.
That can’t be who they are… right?
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Ben Smith: At one time during the Palin's marriage I am pretty sure that Sarah hung the toilet paper so that it rolls out from underneath. It is supposed to roll over the toilet roll, so that the toilet paper can roll easier.
Would that be worth oh, say 1000 words and a headline on Huffington Post?
Come on, it comes from a reliable source.
I think this story deserves a link to my favorite "media bias" cartoon on Sarah Palin. View it at http://drawfortruth.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/medi...
Oh, here's another one http://drawfortruth.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/obam...
I stopped considering Politico a news source a long time ago. You get more honest jouralism on the HuffPo (now there's a backhanded compliment). What's really funny is that I remember when they launched and several of their top guys were regulars on Conservative talk shows pretending to be neutral or even slightly Right-leaning. At least now they've removed all doubt and we can take them with the appropriate level of seriousness (which is to say none at all).
Ben Smith = Liberal Propagandist Pansy who Snarks and Giggles about a Sarah Palin 'tweet' while Real Men (and Women) Fight for Freedom against the Progressive Monstrosity that is Obama, Reid, Pelosi and Soros….
What did you expect from the Washington Compost. They're right up there with the New York Slimes.
I totally heart Hippocrtico!
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How amusing to see the reliable GOPeeps at Politico attacked for not following the script tightly enough. Eat your young, please.
Kiss me arse, thank you….
I feel like poking trolls, so, why should we eat our young?
So is Hippocritico related to Retracto? He needs his own song!
What an idiot you are, FOOL.
Ben Smith knows exactly what he's doing. He was part of the JournoList clique, which I'm sure has managed to survive in some fashion (kind of like ACORN).
He is an elitist hypocrite. I used to hit Politico quite often – now I go as little as possible. Why give them the traffic?
BTW, he has a new post – ridiculing Palin's mis-speaking – she tweeted "refudiate", when of course she meant "repudiate". One single tweet and the nasty little liberals act like rabid dogs. God only knows how many gaffes & how much idiot-speak we have had to endure from Biden – and the Lib worshippers act like it's just harmless fun.
Ben Smith & the rest of the Obama-worshippers at Politico don't miss an opportunity to mock a conservative. Up until recently they kept running the same Glenn Beck shot (I remember when it was shot – he was speaking at CPAC I think – the photographers were getting shot after shot) – he had his arm up & mouth open – just the angle made him look Hitler-esque.
Boycott'em – as much as possible.
He can also sing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwgP44Ap9E
Hippiocritico Politico. Catchy.
That's fantastic!
You do know that most of Politico was on Journolist and no one remotely right of center was allowed on Journolist?
So like a typical "progressive" you are wrong again.
I'm with you. I won't go to Politico at all. No traffic count from me.
Actually, the decidedly right of center Gautham Nagesh , formerly of the Daily Caller is on Journolist. He's currently with The Hill.
Love your cartoons! Keep them coming.
And make sure to tag and use SEO keywords so that they come up higher on Google search as opposed to all those twisted and hateful cartoons against Palin.
only in your world:
1.) Gautham is "decidedly right of center" – he's a mushy "moderate" aka "LIEbral"
2.) Ezra "Eine Kleine D*ck" admits that NO ONE "DECIDEDLY" right of center was allowed on the list.
how do you function as such a dim bulb?
You are impervious to facts. Impressive.
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