The Death of Journalism, Part 2

I remarked yesterday here about the supposed death of journalism and how I’m not all wrapped up in it. I decided that perhaps a personal perspective is required to exaplin myself;

Me at OTB yesterday:

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In his attempt to chase down BO’s claim that his uncle liberated Auschwitz, Steve Gilbert, Sweetness & LIght, has stirred up a hornet’s nest.   I think Steve has gotten too close to exposing yet another one of BO’s lies

I see by way of Billy and a few other sources (Martin McPhillips,for one)  that J. Orlin Grabbe may or may not have passed on.  One could never be sure with him. He may be just playing with

I guess I shoudl have figured on this. Much is explained. It’s just that Stop the ACLU got to it first:

I neglected to mention the traitor McClellan’s Bush bashing book cuz I had nothing to say that so many

Mark Madden, who made his reputation with bold, outlandish attacks on famous people, has been permanently removed from the air by ESPN.

His dismissal, which came down from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., came five days after he made a

I’ve already remarked on two crashes yesterday. Apparently there was a third, while I was out of pocket:

NEWTON, Mass. -AP- Two commuter trains collided and derailed during the evening rush hour outside Boston on Wednesday, hurting several passengers and

1952, Dwight David Eisenhower:

“I will go to Korea,”

Ike went to Korea.  The fighting stopped.

2008, Barack Hussien Obama, rejects John McCain’s proposal that they both go to Iran, From the BO campaign, via Jim Geraghty, National Review.

Only two problems;

Courtesy Michele Malkin:

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, why, all of a sudden, if he (Richard Clarke) had all these grave concerns, did he not raise these sooner? This is one-and-a-half years after he left the administration. And

• Boeing is saying they expect the Oil Bubble to burst soon… basically echoing what I’ve been saying for several weeks. The Austrailians are saying it,Jordan Khan is saying it (And proving it with his charting) The Arabs are saying

Hume, last night:

The group that spearheaded the successful effort to have polar bears listed as a threatened species has a blueprint for further action that could create ripples throughout the U.S. economy.

The Arizona Daily Star reports the

Not a good day for Mass Transit, today.

Chicago’s Channel 5/WMAQ  is reporting there’s been a derailment on the elevated Green line. From the look of the pictures, it appears the second of four cars on this particular train

JACKSON, Miss. -AP- An Amtrak passenger train collided with a garbage truck Tuesday on a rural stretch of central Mississippi track, injuring at least seven people, authorities said.Three of those taken to hospitals were Amtrak employees who suffered non-life-threatening injuries,

As we expected, Obama has rejected McCain’s proposal that they go to Iraq together. Hot Air makes note of this and says:

Even more amusing than Maverick’s savviness in forcing this choice on him is TPM straining to spin it

There’s been a fair amount of chatter on the web about Jim Webb being Obama’s choice for VP. I’m not sure how much to credit this talk. He’d make a fair enough choice for Obama, but like Obama himself I

Ramesh Ponnuru points out yesterday that in a Libertarian fantasy world the Cato institute’s platform would win in a landslide. I would hasten to add that the only reason that the whole thing is a fantasy is because nobody’s bothered