tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post2913363222232512412..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Quotes of the day ... and a commentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-53542043405559687852007-05-26T13:12:00.000-04:002007-05-26T13:12:00.000-04:00What's actually worse than Dowd was Jack Schafer's...What's actually worse than Dowd was Jack Schafer's comment that Gore's argument that certain forms of media can have deleteriour effect on democracy is "loony." What universe does Schafer live in? I'm really starting to believe that these folks mock and trivialize people who make substantial and serious criticism of the media because they lack the intellectual chops to actually engage the subject matter ... so they just character attack to defend their status quo. <BR/><BR/>Re: Anonymous/Emmanuel Goldstein<BR/><BR/>Gore addresses the failure of the American people as well. The book is not just an attack on Bush or the press, but is an examination of how as a whole, the country has failed to live up to its democratic potential.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-84423260299309863202007-05-26T12:36:00.000-04:002007-05-26T12:36:00.000-04:00We, the American people, have failed ourselves. Th...We, the American people, have failed ourselves. The media exists to make a profit, which it does by giving us what we want. And we evidently don't want truth badly enough to pay for it. <BR/><BR/>But enough people have gotten concerned to turn the tide. The totalitarians know they're losing. They've practically surrendered the war, just trying to hang on for a few more battles.<BR/><BR/>Emmanuel GoldsteinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-56486003501633971122007-05-26T11:35:00.000-04:002007-05-26T11:35:00.000-04:00I think Dowd is the NYT's attempt to appeal to tha...I think Dowd is the NYT's attempt to appeal to that segment of the population that thrives on dirt and innuendo.<BR/><BR/>They're pathetic, and she's pathetic. I read a few Dowd columns, and they are utterly lacking in insight, analysis, or intellect.<BR/><BR/>Putting them, Friedman's, and Brooksie's behind the TimeSelect wall was a boon to mankind.C2H50Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099404831776274929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-60930153338101356462007-05-25T21:35:00.000-04:002007-05-25T21:35:00.000-04:00Yeah, Dowd just annoys the hell out of me with her...Yeah, Dowd just annoys the hell out of me with her silly columns. She is so bad that even her columns on Bush and Cheney with her "inane and banal highschool like attacks" annoy me. Not because I like Bush and Cheney, but because I find her an embarrassment.Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743116454273042629noreply@blogger.com