Pundit Country

‘There is a theory among some in sports that SportsCenter has had this terrible impact on the fundamentals of sports because they highlight slam dunks and fancy passes,’ explains Pfeiffer. ‘The current media culture doesn’t reward getting things done in government. It rewards saying the most outlandish things.’

– The White House’s communications director Dan Pfeiffer explains the Obama administration’s “theory of how the news media work in this Internet age” in a Time magazine article.

h/t techPresident

Wow, that’s one hell of a scoops guys, showing ads that many of these stars made at least 10 years ago (and in the case of the Schwarzenegger ad, closer to 20). These ads have been bouncing around on the Internet for years. So, why bother putting them on your site at all. There is no news value in them whatsoever. Or, for that matter, the piece you ran just a few days ago (that has since been removed) about topless models selling tacos ,T&T&A. There was a reason I, as a progressive needed to know that?

No, what’s going on is linkbaiting, a way to keep your traffic numbers high. Now, I don’t have an issue with linkbaiting, a great deal of bloggers do it (which is why everyone and their brother has composed a Top 10 list of something at one point or another in their blogging lives), but then again, I don’t say I’m a news aggregate site and then post things again and again that have NOTHING to do with my stated mission and goals. Just something to keep in minds guys, because now I’m going to start keeping a regular eye on you.

Nice to see members of the Obama administration engaging in it. They’ll need to get some practice because the GOP is only goinig to keep pushing harder and harder in the coming months as they try and take seats in the House and Senate.

While I don’t usually watch Meet the Press, I think this may be not to miss.

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From the Wall Street Journal article denoting the rising costs of public spending on healthcare. There really is no way some editor didn’t catch this, had a good laugh, and said go with it. At least that’s what I tell myself in between banging my head against the wall.

By the way, nice job on the placement of the word “projections”. It made my inner 12-year-old giggle.

Seriously, what the f*** is wrong with you? Is it that hard to discern what is actual news and what is tabloid garbage? I’ve never taken a single journalism class in my life and I don’t have these kinds of problems so what’s your excuse. I’d really like an answer. Go in the corner and think about. You’re getting a time out for this one.