tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post1644564885819208229..comments2024-01-31T04:29:38.858-06:00Comments on The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Pardon Me While I RantSean Chercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-53109182620733891192010-02-17T21:10:13.834-06:002010-02-17T21:10:13.834-06:00Libby:
I've been enjoying, the book"Game...Libby:<br /><br />I've been enjoying, the book"Game Change" and it has been useful in maintaining perspective during the current malaise.<br /><br />This comment from Hillary Clinton seems particularly relevant. During the primary debate in New Hampshire, Hillary said, "....what we need is somebody who can deliver change. And we don't need to be raising the false hopes of Ageless North Shorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369401275003917670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-91912835660532822602010-02-16T17:41:52.332-06:002010-02-16T17:41:52.332-06:00Sara, Im not at all sanguine that we WILL survive ...Sara, Im not at all sanguine that we WILL survive as a republic. WIth the recent Supreme Court decision on corporate campaign financing, haven't we just opened the Gates of Oligarchy Hell?Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-80717587917178075292010-02-16T15:29:48.804-06:002010-02-16T15:29:48.804-06:00libby, thanks for speaking up and out for many, in...libby, thanks for speaking up and out for many, including me. the most worrying part of this, aside from the outrageous behavior of the congressional republicans, is the decimation of investigative journalism. for over a decade, newsrooms slashed their reporting staff--every time you cut half the reporters, the share price doubled. Real journalism--not Hannity or Huffington--has always been Sara Paretskyhttp://www.saraparetsky.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-6862593966674711872010-02-16T06:51:31.903-06:002010-02-16T06:51:31.903-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-20715526998216468092010-02-15T11:41:40.410-06:002010-02-15T11:41:40.410-06:00Agreed.
The news stopped being news in this coun...Agreed. <br /><br />The news stopped being news in this country when the ratings for the Gulf War coverage starting beating other content. <br /><br />There is zero objective U.S. news reporting, in my opinion. Be it TV, Internet, or print. <br /><br />That's why I think it's so critical for us to stop forming our opinions based on blogs and videos and newscasts. <br /><br />Yes, it is Paul Guyothttp://paulguyot.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-25831348613598789702010-02-15T11:31:22.980-06:002010-02-15T11:31:22.980-06:00You raise some good points, Paul, and I think you&...You raise some good points, Paul, and I think you're right about the so called cable "news" outlets and saturation coverage, which turns out to be thinly veiled (or not at all) screeds from one side or the other. <br /><br />But I'm not sure we are lazier than before... what frightens me is the declining number of media who (despite their corporate ownerships) were perceives as Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-64653651938912692022010-02-15T10:57:49.788-06:002010-02-15T10:57:49.788-06:00Forgive me if I'm being obtuse, Libby, but...
...Forgive me if I'm being obtuse, Libby, but...<br /><br />Haven't politicians been lying to us for decades? <br /><br />I see nothing new in this day and age other than we have so much more exposure to their lies because of the 24 hr "news" networks. Please take note of the quotes.<br /><br />When everyone was dancing in the streets to Will I Am's Obama video, and proclaimingPaul Guyothttp://paulguyot.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-86092353523281032102010-02-15T10:49:48.464-06:002010-02-15T10:49:48.464-06:00The funny thing is, Libby, those people who say th...The funny thing is, Libby, those people who say their rep or senator isn't worthy to serve will go right out and vote for her or him in November. Nice piece.Bryan Gruleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854133842533898814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-49548772471614100652010-02-15T07:51:48.046-06:002010-02-15T07:51:48.046-06:00You said it better than I did. Thanks, Dana.You said it better than I did. Thanks, Dana.Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-65657892799521360272010-02-14T21:44:46.609-06:002010-02-14T21:44:46.609-06:00I'm a liberal myself; I think "progressiv...I'm a liberal myself; I think "progressive" is a term thought up by those afraid to call themselves liberal when it was "the L Word."<br /><br />I agree with everything in here, but would go farther. I am amazed and disappointed that anyone with any exposure to Chicago politics could be so lousy a politician as Obama. Not campaigner; politician. He negotiates away his Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com