All Umbrage All the Time

Jonathan, I heard from a friend of a friend at Newsweak, that you are coming off a bad week. I heard you spilled your coffee, had a flat tire and that your computer system crashed. Wow! your Kharma must be lousy these days. I guess what goes around comes around, doesn't it?

Dear Ms Browning:

I hope you are doing well. You will be pleased to know that a new blog has opened: Citizens Against Media Bias to document evidence of media bias. There you should be able to voice freely. I hope to read more of your writing soon.

God Bless,
Etta Mae Jenkins

http://citizensagainstproobamamediabias.blogspot.com/
(Ms Mattie said it might take a few days.)

The specifics are outlined at Mr Alter's newest article: "A Catharsis in Denver"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/151388/output/comments

Mr Alter, did you see what you did? You caused KellyB to be kicked off politico. Does it make you feel better? Does it make you feel powerful? Or does it make you feel bad as a journalist...someone who should value free speech and protect sources? Honestly, how far are you willing to go to put Obama in the White House? Have you thought of stepping back and looking at yourself? Would your journalism professor (I presume you are a real journalist.) be proud of your words? Do you think your granddaughter will be proud of you when she looks up granddad's articles about Senator and Chelsea Clinton?

When will your apology be forthcoming? If you do not apologize to KellyB - it will say even more about you than your words. How about you defend your own unfair comments about KellyB?

Yo jonjon how goes it? I haven't been by lately, but the citizens against media bias gave me a shout out. I see, as per usual, your adoring fans have come byto worship at the Alter-ed Reality Altar of the Messiah. Seems the incense of mancrush fever hasn't cleared and is now making you whine and cry. I'm so sorry for your distress and umbrage-taking. I do believe Freud would call that projection, stemming from a certain male type of envy.

"They still usually prefer to shoot from behind a rock of anonymity. That way KellyB doesn't have to defend her (or his YEAH RIGHT, WHY DIDN'T YOU PICK A JONATHON OR ROGER OR ANDRE?) unfair rap against Politico.com. Until this changes and the culture of the Web demands that people identify themselves..."

Operative words *unfair* and *defend*. It was not in any way unfair--that's your opinion--as that was hers. (Which i agree with and which is 100% true.) As you can see, most of your readers don't agree with your opinions and how often do you defend them to us? Is *defending* part of the terms and agreements at Politico?

AND WHAT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO USE KELLYB IN YOUR ARTICLE AS AN EXAMPLE?

You defeated your own *argument*. You said something about someone without giving her a chance to defend herself. And guess what? She called your bluff and totally annihilated your whole rant. Gotta love it!

ps If you find my words unfair and/or in need of defending - or want my full legal name - give me a shout out when you apologize to KellyB.

You go, Kelly Browning! Your words about Tony Snow were very nice and shouldn't have been twisted and used like that. I really don't want to give politico's website a hit to read your writing...get yourself a blog!

Mr Alter, shame on you!

Jonathan, do you realize how unmanly it is to whine so much? One thing's for sure. You won't have to worry about Jonathan nutcrackers. Do they have Jesse Jackson ones? His comments were strange in that he thought Obama had some. Sure haven't seen any.

Are the posters getting to you, Jonathan, because they aren't hypnotized by--as Wright refers to him--Black Jesus? All you have to do is become a Republican. Then you can cozy up to Bush like you have Obama and listen to the wire taps. Oh, that's right...Obama's his own tap-dancing wire-tapper.

Have to admire Obama's no-shame approach to abandoning what got him the (presumptive) nomination aided by the adoring sycophants of the baaa-baaa Obaaa-ma MSM and DNC. Wonder how long it will take to conquer the world once he gets officially coronated?

You know, Jonathan, some people who do have their legal names attached to their writing might be better off anonymous. You know what I mean? That way the venom and falsehoods of their not-so-private love journals wouldn't be exposed when Obama makes his first "bone-headed mistake" at the expense of his employers...the American people.

And would you do me a favor, please, Jonathon? Would you remind Obama that he would be getting paid by the American people to be president--not by Arabs to be their puppet? Hmm....I wonder how much money can fit on an official campaign...Oh c'mon now, Jonathon, It would be rather unattractive of you to pretend you don't know Arab money runs Chicago/Cook County/Illinois politics. And if you didn't know, what would it say about your investigative skills (or lack there of)?

Oh well. I would like to once again share with you that Obama is a complete and utter fraud and that the MSM has been his propaganda outlet. And that's why the Internet is so important. It will provide a wonderful retrospective view. Don't you think, Jonathon?

Jonathan,

While the essence of your message is clear, the degree of research on the issue of KellyB's signature line is severely lacking. Had you actually read more of the posts in the "Tony Snow" thread, and then looked at the similar thread regarding "Ted Kennedy" and had talked to an objective individual about the issue, you would have found uneven application of standards at Politico. This has been an ongoing discussion at Politico, and actually requires real-time participation to see the changes, or lack thereof, in the threads. It is obvious you did none of this.

And the allegation that "Kellyb does not have to defend her unfair rap at Politico" is totally an error. The rap is not "unfair' within the context of the comparator threads you neglected to look at - which you are unaware of because of your inability to probe into the underlying issue. "The Emperor Has No Clothes" does not stand at Politico - it is clothing optional, but all warts are seen and commented on.

Further on the absurdity scale is the 'not have to defend'. How about 'no opportunity to defend' when Politico makes a judgment on offense without context, just as you have just done? Get real.

And it should be incumbent on reasonable reporters to also indicate that the anonymity goes more than one way. Owners can refuse to discuss or apply their standards, without notifying their users clearly, if at all. Users cannot delete Reporters articles simply because they disagree with them.They can only point out errors - directly to the reporter, or via the board.

And reporters are protected within their cozy spheres, so that a deriding comment about , say, Mr Alter, has little effect on Mr. Alter. And yet, your recent piece has led to the suspension of the poster in question. In advance of the publication date. Looks like someone is running scared - perhaps that is Politico.

NEWSWEEK BLOGGER JONATHAN ALTER:

"The second irony is that people often prefer rumors to facts. They so distrust the mainstream media that they may believe....over the careful reporting of a reputable news outlet.

Name me one reputable news outlet. And what is "careful reporting"?

I remember when "reputable" and "careful" and factcheck.com weren't necessary. It was called journalism. Remember? NEWSWEEK stopped being reputable, objective, newsworthy and honest once Obama came on the scene. Now there's forever proof of it on the Internet. A very good thing.

Remember the adage about people in glass houses...?

haha this is rich coming from you of all people Jonnyboy. When was the last time you wrote something that didn't massage yours and your mancrush Barry's ego? What do you know about "reporting"? Your articles were completely disgusting in their venom and jealousy (and non-facts) about Sen Clinton and glowingly positive about NEWSWEEK's (and all MSM's) chosen messiah. Blogs? Internet? You wrote a book about FDR that I wouldn't recommend to anyone because of your words here. How much fact-finding have you done while shagging basketballs for Barry? And I find it hysterical (but not at all surprised) that the example you used was about Barry's media coverage. Hit a sore spot?

Jonathan, just read your all umbrage all the time, I'm sure reporting is expensive, one of the reasons is tv networks and newsmagzines are paying exorbitant salaries to folks like you. And the reason so many of us prefer the blogs to your "reporting" is that the reporting is all one sided. If you are as fair and unbias as you would have us believe why don't all of you just put your political preference right under your name at the beginning of the piece. At least then we could decide for ourselves how much of what you write we want to believe. Wait, I know that we should just assume you are all well to the left of center but I, for one, would just like to see it in writing.