Comments on: The Rage of a New York Times Writer http://www.bradsblog.net/the-rage-of-a-new-york-times-writer.htm Rants, Reviews, Politics, or whatever sits on my brain Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:53:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad http://www.bradsblog.net/the-rage-of-a-new-york-times-writer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-60 Brad Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:08:32 +0000 http://www.bradsblog.net/?p=91#comment-60 I guess the point I was trying to make, is that someone is paying this woman, probably a lot of money to spout off in a very unprofessional way. This is the type of "flame throwing"rhetoric that turns off voters and eventually hurts their own message. I realize the Mauren has a right to express her opinion, I just find it odd that newspapers across the country feel there is a big enough audience to justify paying for the article. Then again, it got us talking about it! I guess the point I was trying to make, is that someone is paying this woman, probably a lot of money to spout off in a very unprofessional way. This is the type of “flame throwing”rhetoric that turns off voters and eventually hurts their own message.

I realize the Mauren has a right to express her opinion, I just find it odd that newspapers across the country feel there is a big enough audience to justify paying for the article.

Then again, it got us talking about it!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.bradsblog.net/the-rage-of-a-new-york-times-writer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-59 Andrew Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:38:49 +0000 http://www.bradsblog.net/?p=91#comment-59 Brad, It took you until the fourth paragraph to figure out that the article was a response to the release of e-mails in which FEMA director Michael Brown sent out inquiries and commentaries on his self-proclaimed position as a 'fashion god' (as well as looking for a dogsitter) in the time immediately proceeding and following the disaster in NO and the Gulf Coast? By paragraph two there is no question, but really you should have been able to pick up on it from the headline. That said, I agree that Dowd's style, which involves a lot of name-calling, isn't necessarily useful. I guess she thinks it provides an entertainment element, and I have to say, I read her column -- at least I used to before the Times went even more elitist with the whole TimeSelect move. I think by distilling her point, though -- that many in the Bush Admin. lend themselves to stereotypes of either evil or ineptitude -- she offers some good food for thought, even if she is preaching to the choir. Finally, regarding your point about the recent election: even if you accept the results as legitimate, it was a very close election and not the kind of mandate people like Cheney claimed. However, when you have the president of DieBolt (the company that manufactured the electronic voting machines... see www.blackboxvoting.org for more) make a statement before the election saying that he will deliver Ohio and Florida, you have to be very suspicious of the results. Brad,
It took you until the fourth paragraph to figure out that the article was a response to the release of e-mails in which FEMA director Michael Brown sent out inquiries and commentaries on his self-proclaimed position as a ‘fashion god’ (as well as looking for a dogsitter) in the time immediately proceeding and following the disaster in NO and the Gulf Coast? By paragraph two there is no question, but really you should have been able to pick up on it from the headline. That said, I agree that Dowd’s style, which involves a lot of name-calling, isn’t necessarily useful. I guess she thinks it provides an entertainment element, and I have to say, I read her column — at least I used to before the Times went even more elitist with the whole TimeSelect move. I think by distilling her point, though — that many in the Bush Admin. lend themselves to stereotypes of either evil or ineptitude — she offers some good food for thought, even if she is preaching to the choir. Finally, regarding your point about the recent election: even if you accept the results as legitimate, it was a very close election and not the kind of mandate people like Cheney claimed. However, when you have the president of DieBolt (the company that manufactured the electronic voting machines… see http://www.blackboxvoting.org for more) make a statement before the election saying that he will deliver Ohio and Florida, you have to be very suspicious of the results.

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