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October 05, 2004

The "anti-Semitic" Part is Wildly Inaccurate

Posted by Bill

Someone tell me what Scott McLemee is talking about:

With his anti-Semitic and pornographic obsessions, the journalist may well be in the grip of a severe personality disorder. But if so, it's nothing more severe than one might encounter at a television studio in downtown Washington, D.C., with some blogger eager to grab his or her 15 minutes of fame on the little screen.

The only DC bloggers that I've seen on TV have been Wonkette and Andrew Sullivan (and neither have anything resembling "crazy," thirsty eyes). I was outside a TV studio once, and it certainly wasn't an attempt to get on the "little screen."

So, who the Hell is this guy talking about? And what possesses him to make such a sick analogy?

And who does the hiring at Newsday?

I think that I know the answer to one of those questions, by the way.

UPDATE: Just got this e-mail:

Paranoia doesn't become you ... Third sentence is more likely targeted at a blogger appearing ON TV, not in front of the studio.

I thought that I was making that distinction when I pointed it out. I don't think that he's talking about me, SWWNBNOL or Sullivan, but for the life of me, I'm pretty sure that those are the only bloggers that have set foot anywhere near a TV studio in downtown DC, hence the confusion.

Posted by Bill at October 5, 2004 01:16 PM | TrackBack (0)

Comments

He's stumbling over his own words. He's trying to slam bloggers and GWB and only had a little bit of space to do it in (it IS supposed to be a "book review" after all).

So, he stumbles over himself and tries to tie in the usual Bushitler analogies along with the bloggers in one fell swoop...

...and fails miserably.

Posted by: Chris W. at October 5, 2004 01:19 PM

Perhaps he was merely talking about himself - after all, here's the Google search on him - and by the second entry, it appears he's tried his hand at blogging...

http://www.google.com/search?q=SCOTT+McLEMEE&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Can't seem to get on his domain, but the google-cache is rather interesting (and, mentions NewsDay as well...)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=SCOTT+McLEMEE+site%3Awww.mclemee.com&btnG=Search

(Sorry for the long lines, but neither LINK nor URL seemed to make them links)

Lysander

Posted by: Lysander at October 5, 2004 01:40 PM

Speaking of bloggers on TV, tonight on NBC Nighly News after the debate, you can see Ana Marie (Wonkette) across from John Hinderaker (Hindrocket) from Power Line.

Do you suppose Tom Brokaw will call Hindrocket a "jihadist"?

Posted by: Sandi at October 5, 2004 01:46 PM

We are so misunderstood! Kinda like the Wizard of Oz. Everyone thought he was this BIG Scary face with smoke coming out, but really he was just a sweet ole guy behind a curtain.
(Ok, maybe I have been spending too much time watching movies with my 7 yr old.)

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at October 5, 2004 01:54 PM

Yep. ;-)

Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at October 5, 2004 01:56 PM

HEY! But he DID get the job done!

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at October 5, 2004 02:18 PM

I think what you're hearing there is just the sound dinosaurs make before they become extinct.

Posted by: TallDave at October 5, 2004 02:26 PM

Bad journalists resent bloggers for the same reasons that hookers resent nymphomaniacs.

The amateurs are more enthusiastic, often better, and they give it away for free!

Posted by: Parker at October 5, 2004 03:12 PM

LOL

Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at October 5, 2004 03:14 PM

Geeze! Now I feel all dirty!...;-)

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at October 5, 2004 03:37 PM

Lysander, try Invisible Inc.- http://mclemee.blogspot.com/ If its the same Scott, he managed to blog for an entire two months! and manages to be feeble, pretentious and graphically dull.
Thank god we have Bill! (at least until Michelle Malkin puts up more pictures of herself)

Posted by: T Marcell at October 5, 2004 03:39 PM

Bill, :-)

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at October 5, 2004 05:18 PM

I told you about Newsday, Bill.

Pinkerton's the abberation in that whack shack.

Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin at October 5, 2004 08:06 PM

I'd guess he's talking about Michelle Malkin and her appearance on Chris Matthews. But that show is based out of New York, right?

Posted by: Matt Moore at October 5, 2004 08:59 PM

Umm, who is Wonkette?
She keeps on getting referred to but there is no mention on who she is. I don't mean her personel life stuff, but an informative "about" (which about.wonkette.com is not) would be helpfull to those of us who have started blog-surfing this summer.
Thanks.

Posted by: arePea at October 6, 2004 12:22 AM

ack! Did you just name and link to SWWNBNOL?!?

Posted by: Kevin at October 6, 2004 04:09 AM

I don't mean her personel life stuff, but an informative "about" (which about.wonkette.com is not) would be helpfull to those of us who have started blog-surfing this summer.

Ahe is a very bad left-leaning humor site that has achieved enormous success by making jokes about penises and anal sex and little else, which is one of the reasons that I can't stand her.

Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at October 6, 2004 10:33 AM

Wonkette is: (a) still stuck in junior high in a locker room sort of way, or (b) a teen comedy gone wrong. Take your pick.

Posted by: Mikey at October 6, 2004 11:03 AM