It should come as no surprise to anyone that the vitueration and ignorance below comes from someone living in a bunker in Idaho. I was recently drawn into a flame war over on Facebook, where a certain right-wing idiot started slandering my profession -- to wit, the "biased liberal media" bullshit spouted by those with no journalistic training of any sort and who have never been anywhere near a newsroom. As usual, I was the only professional who took part in the discussion. Years of practical experience in the field doesn't count with the right wing, as you can tell.
As the page's host asked us to take it outside, I, of course, obliged. It doesn't seem to matter to this person that I spent six years at the New Hampshire Union Leader, one of the most conservative papers in the country, which, despite its conservative editorial page, is a solid professional publication that sticks to the highest principles of journalism and has never asked me to slant my coverage or re-edited a story to fit a particular point of view. It apparently doesn't matter that every week, Vermont's Republican governor comes on my show to discuss the issues.
Below is the single message I sent this person, followed by her reply.
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Go to Google and type in my name plus "Union Leader". I worked for one od the most conservative papers in the country for six years, and my coverage played no small role in winning a Senate seat for John Sununu. Ask yourself how they could keep me on the payroll for so long if my coverage is so biased against conservatives.
The plain fact is, you don't know what you are talking about. Please refrain from spouting these vicious and untrue slanders against me or my profession.
SS
I've said nothing about your person, Steve--but your profession is filled to brimming with lying, perverted, misological hacks. You, Love, haven't got the foggiet clue who I am or what and who I know--if I were you, I'd lay off....or I can show you just what I do know.
STOP HARRASSING ME!!!
You have yet to say anything worthwhile, Steve, but only continue to whine ad nauseum about how unfair we've allegedly been to you. Unless you are actually going to discuss issues, instead of your thin-skinned, bruised ego, then shut the hell up. No one is interested in your personal indignation. What people are interested in is ending the biased meida stranglehold on information to the masses.
NOW, GO AWAY SNIVELLING LITTLE MAN....
By the by: I'll google you NEVER--you've already told me everything I need to know about you, Love....(read above).
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Let's start with the bad grammar and numerous spelling mistakes that characterize the right-wing idiot diatribe. "foggiet clue"; "harrassing" (something I never did); "meida"; and what the hell is "misological"?
Another typical item: refusing to do even the most basic research. Between the Internet and NewsBank, damn near everything I've written since 1997 is easily available for all to see. The only complaints I've ever had come from people like this, or their equally ravenous and ignorant counterparts on the left. This cow believes what she believes, and damn the facts.
Oh, and let's not forget this: "if I were you, I'd lay off....or I can show you just what I do know." Threats, too: another sign of an unstable mind. Probably she's porking Randy Weaver.
Well, as St. Thomas More once said, silence implies agreement. If I stand by and allow people like this to slander my profession, then the implication is that I agree with them. Not me, brother.
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