http://themoderatevoice.com/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 17:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/comment-page-1/#comment-148846 GeorgeSorwell Fri, 02 May 2008 16:55:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/newspapers/the-new-york-times/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/#comment-148846 Dowd went off the rails at the time of the Clinton impeachment. Dowd went off the rails at the time of the Clinton impeachment.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/comment-page-1/#comment-148845 DLS Fri, 02 May 2008 16:55:21 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/newspapers/the-new-york-times/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/#comment-148845 Dowd is and always has been vapid. She violates Rule #1: First and foremost, have something to say. She never does. Why anyone is a fan of hers other than out of a combination of faddishness and leftist nihilism (nihilism achieved, in her case, starting from zero and never proceeding from there), is a mystery to me and others who can actually think. She has never been of any value, much less a so-called "must-read," to me and others who can actually think, except as an obvious target of contempt when it is convenient. Dowd is and always has been vapid. She violates Rule #1: First and foremost, have something to say. She never does. Why anyone is a fan of hers other than out of a combination of faddishness and leftist nihilism (nihilism achieved, in her case, starting from zero and never proceeding from there), is a mystery to me and others who can actually think. She has never been of any value, much less a so-called “must-read,” to me and others who can actually think, except as an obvious target of contempt when it is convenient.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/comment-page-1/#comment-148844 WWN Fri, 02 May 2008 13:33:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/newspapers/the-new-york-times/19314/newspapers-ii-the-decline-fall-of-modo/#comment-148844 I agree with you on the sad decline of Dowd. But I'm not too worried about the loss of dead tree newspapers as a forum for opinion. That need is well-served on the internet. I think the loss of newspapers as the providers of core reporting is a big problem. See fine article by Eric Alterman in the March 31 New Yorker. (which is finally available online at <a href="http://www.newyorker.com">www.newyorker.com</a>) I agree with you on the sad decline of Dowd. But I'm not too worried about the loss of dead tree newspapers as a forum for opinion. That need is well-served on the internet. I think the loss of newspapers as the providers of core reporting is a big problem. See fine article by Eric Alterman in the March 31 New Yorker. (which is finally available online at http://www.newyorker.com)

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