Hi. Did Anything Happen While I Was Gone?
I have been radio silent all weekend. Catalina trip with my son. (It was awesome, thanks.) About to board a boat, and having a Father’s Day dinner when I get back. Have barely had time to see NYT and Mediaite stories on Nikki Reid (Betty) and Marienela Alicea (Veronica).
Just enough to see that they both royally screwed it up. Mediaite, by claiming they still know the evidence against Weiner was fabricated. NYT, by saying that a fake Nikki was trying to get evidence against Weiner, when she and her mom were obviously shills for Weiner.
Can’t anybody here play this game?
I’d promise more later, but I can’t. Happy Father’s Day!
Patterico (f9feae) — 6/19/2011 @ 5:24 pmWelcome back!
The name of the game is Professional Journalist Feud. Survey says: XXX
SarahW (af7312) — 6/19/2011 @ 5:26 pmCan’t anybody here play this game?
I guess if the game is golf you can count on Boehner to prance around a course with our dirty socialist jackass president for no apparent reason.
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:09 pmOw, happyfeet; that was accurate and stung. Well shot!
Dianna (f12db5) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:14 pmTommy C to Anthony Weiner
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:30 pmHilarious that Colby Hall is spinning this as Man, is Tommy Christopher diligent! Oh, and our reporting was right all along?
Bull. They have no basis, whatsoever, to conclude the evidence offered to Mike Stack is false.
But as long as we accept Gennette Cordova’s opinion as all-important, it’s mystery solved! Vast right-wing conspiracy!!!
Patterico (661f10) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:37 pmConspirators are always very careful to note that the perv they are conspiring against HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG and you should look in your own heart to see why you are so evil.
SarahW (af7312) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:40 pmIt’s like they need Admiral Ackbar to spell it out for them, daley;
ian cormac (72470d) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:40 pm“Vast right-wing conspiracy!!!”
Patterico – Don’t forget about that crazy “Religious Right.”
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/19/2011 @ 6:49 pmI think Lassie saved Timmie from a well, but you probably heard that.
Clarence Clemons died.
Oh yeah, a lot of Weiner stuff happened that I can’t figure out.
Why can’t anyone sorting through this sordid affair develop a timeline and explanation for us dimwits?
Ag80 (391f9a) — 6/19/2011 @ 7:00 pmWhy can’t anyone sorting through this sordid affair develop a timeline and explanation for us dimwits?
When and what we need to know, the NYT will tell us. Until then, sit and twiddle your thumbs…you are not a professional journalist.
Dana (4eca6e) — 6/19/2011 @ 7:05 pmDoes ‘Occam’s razor’ never occur to these people
http://twitter.com/#!/NYT_JenPreston
ian cormac (72470d) — 6/19/2011 @ 7:06 pmOccam’s razor doesn’t provide the answer they want.
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (6d49ed) — 6/19/2011 @ 7:30 pmSomeone linked this in Ace’s comments…
http://www.shareimages.com/image.php?58429-rJuWmpeek5.pnpyVnKs-gennette_weiner.jpg
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=317751#c13441264
soren (e936bf) — 6/19/2011 @ 7:31 pmHas tommie xtopher commented any further on his capital J Journolistism?
JD (85b089) — 6/19/2011 @ 7:36 pmTh twitter feed is amusing, for the raw denial,
ian cormac (72470d) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:02 pmWelcome back Patterico!
goatsred (b20383) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:09 pmIt sure looks like Betty & Veronica were sockpuppets to draw in #bornfree and the Bigs for a fake sting.
It sure looks like that was their motive. I think they were unaware of Rep. Weiner’s true behavior until the package shot was shared on Friday, May 27 and the story took a major turn!
They got part one working and had Tommy C on the hook but Rep Weiner just lost it talking to the press so the true story broke wide open.
Joe
Joe Smith (54c0c1) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:25 pmActually, Dana, I am. If degrees and work experience mean anything.
Thus my frustration. Telling a story is not that hard.
Ag80 (391f9a) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:33 pmAg80,
Heh. Telling a story is not that hard – but, if one is still busily shaping and molding the “story”, perhaps that’s a bit more complicated, no?
Dana (4eca6e) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:45 pm“you are not a professional journalist.”
Dana – Get with the program. It is Capital “J” Journalist!
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:49 pmHappy Father’s Day, Patrick.
Beldar (3895f0) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:50 pmOn Fathers’ Day, we should all call our fathers (or remember them), and—those of us who qualify—try to be the best fathers we can be.
Simon Jester (41a09b) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:53 pmDana@8:45–
You beat me to the punch. This story is still hiding a few plot twists but I suspect the denouement is coming very soon. Then it will be written. I can hardly wait.
elissa (ef774c) — 6/19/2011 @ 8:58 pmI denounce myself, daley. Thank you for the correction.
elissa, it won’t be long now.
Dana (4eca6e) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:00 pmTelling the truth is not difficult. When I was young, I believed that.
The funny thing, though, as I have grown older is:
Telling the truth is not that difficult.
Finding the truth is the hard part. Since so many are devoted to lies, parsing the truth tends to be the problem.
There is always an excuse for lies. I am sick of lies. I am sick of sorry excuses for lies. I am sick of apologists for lies.
I think I may not be alone.
Ag80 (391f9a) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:07 pm“I denounce myself, daley.”
Dana – Rightly so! I believe it was Colby Hall who offered up the Capital “J” barrier on Larry O’Connor’s show a few nights ago. Heh.
Journalistic apartheid!!!!!
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:11 pm“Air raiding villages and killing civilians”
Hawkins (da9050) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:12 pmhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_libya
Probably am fixated on the Betty and Veronica angle, but after these last three weeks it’s like I’ve known them my whole life.
And now they’re gone. My life, one long comic book.
Jughead (e55ba0) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:15 pmComment by Ag80 — 6/19/2011 @ 9:07 pm
Very nicely said. If Tommy Christopher has an eMail address on his site you might think about passing on your thoughts about this subject to him.
elissa (ef774c) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:22 pmIt looks like Tommy has been listening, here is his latest article. Just posted tonight!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/mediaites-tommy-christopher-explains-reporting-of-weinergate-sources-betty-and-veronica/
Joe
Joe Smith (54c0c1) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:38 pmHow very unhelpful Tommy’s new piece at Mediaite is. And Kos is mad at him!!! And there’s still stuff that “ethically” he cannot share. Poor Tommy.
elissa (ef774c) — 6/19/2011 @ 9:50 pm“Publishing every thought, document, and theory that pops into your head may have some short-term benefits, but it also carries risks that I find unacceptable, and can undermine the long-term prospects of a story.”
Wasn’t that exactly what Mediaite first story on Weiner’s “hack did? They really need to make up their minds.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/19/2011 @ 10:30 pmdaley–are you a real Journalist? How dare you question a real Journalist when he’s obviously just being nuanc-y.
elissa (ef774c) — 6/19/2011 @ 10:38 pmelissa – I am a Psychologist and a small “j” journalist although I might qualify for Capital “J” based on work experience. I might have to confer with Ag80.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/19/2011 @ 10:41 pmNo the first article was from Frances Martel | 6:21 pm, May 28th, 2011
http://www.mediaite.com/online/a-twitter-whodunit-big-government-posts-lewd-photo-claiming-it-to-be-of-rep-anthony-weiner/
The most telling statment is this:
Quote:
Looks the fall of Tommy might have bee predicted!
Joe
Joe Smith (54c0c1) — 6/19/2011 @ 10:41 pm==no official comment and few leads, creates a web of questions through which the career of any participant could fall.==
Oh what a dead giveaway of their already pre-conceived expectations that line was. Thanks for the little trip down memory lane, Joe. (Can it possibly have been only 3 weeks?)
elissa (ef774c) — 6/19/2011 @ 10:58 pmGennette & Weiner May 15
http://bit.ly/m4DHMQ
Gennette & Weiner May 15 part2
http://bit.ly/kFCSng
starchild part 1
http://bit.ly/l960b7
starchild part 2
http://bit.ly/mwrbJm
starchild part 3
http://bit.ly/kJKsuM
starchild part 4
seattle545 (bcd02f) — 6/20/2011 @ 12:13 amhttp://bit.ly/kdXIdC
Joe – I was not suggesting the first Mediaite story was by Tommy, which was why I used the word “they.”
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/20/2011 @ 12:46 amAfter reading that piffle from Tommy Xtopher, he remains as big of a mendoucheous twatwaffle as before I read that, and likely a larger one. Capital J journolistism.
JD (b98cae) — 6/20/2011 @ 6:13 amWeiner also cross dressed too.
Of course it could all be lies.
DohBiden (15aa57) — 6/20/2011 @ 6:36 am