Well, atleast lately you haven’t agreed with me on very much else.

But being more centerist probably helps us act more like adults, allowing us to agree at times, rather than descend into the furthest wing of our political preferences.

Let us take a moment to pat ourselves on the back for thumbing our noses at the extremists! LOL

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Alan Stewart Carl is considering adding a fourth name. No he’s not. He’s writing about the future of TV advertising and the DVR.Justin Gardner at Donklephant is defending drunks. (Hmmm, can’t image why . . .) Cops in Austin (where I met my wife) are

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As I noted in thi…

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And etc. etc. from there but two more for now — Patterico from yesterday and the Moderate Voice’s overview and link collection.

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Problem is when news publications dip into the web, they need to aim higher than the most hardcore partisan’s in the blogosphere. Or atleast one that understands the most basic rule of journalism.

Very true, that.

Problem is when news publications dip into the web, they need to aim higher than the most hardcore partisan’s in the blogosphere. Or atleast one that understands the most basic rule of journalism.

“While I appreciated the opportunity to go and join the Washington Post,� Domenech said, “if they didn’t expect the leftists were going to come after me with their sharpened knives, then they were fools.�

What is perhaps most ironic about this quote is that he didn’t heed this advice himself—or perhaps he did, but was too naive to believe that anyone would be capable of finding out about his plagiarism.

Of course, he has since effectively superceded this mini-polemic with a more contrite-sounding apology. Nevertheless, I think the irony remains.

I never really looked much at RedState before the last couple of days, but isn’t that “Mike Krempasky”? Or does he have a brother/cousin?

As I’ve said before, imitation is NOT always the sincerest form of flattery.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAA!!!! I guess it doesn’t count when you’re trying to be a (budget-rate) Ann Coulter imitation, though. Priceless!

As for the recent hub-bub, the blogosphere being such a glass house, I worry a bit about all the enthusiatic stone-throwing…

It’s exactly what I hate the most about the b’sphere–the silly, immature blogger wars. And what now? I keep hearing people say the WaPo needs to thoroughly vet the next hire–like what, a Supreme Court nominee? A Presidential candidate? Where does it stop?
Make no mistake, I’m glad a plagiarist was outed and tossed (OK, he resigned, whatever) on his arse. But the way the whole thing was handled…I hate to think of the implications. Will recovered alcoholics be unsuitable? How about someone who used to (or still does) indulge in a little wacky weed? How about someone with a DUI on his or her record? If any of that applied to Domenech, YOU KNOW it would have been an issue. How many others will that eliminate? How many great writers would fall in those kind of “groups?” (A hell of a lot, including some quite well-known and beloved writers.)

Hedging their bets.

As for the recent hub-bub, the blogosphere being such a glass house, I worry a bit about all the enthusiatic stone-throwing…

Bloggers and their tools and techniques are adapting and innovating independently (e.g. TPM, TTLB ecosystem), so I don’t see why newspapers should try to enter into that space.