patsfan13

Note the term 'newspaper columnist', that means he wrote OPINION PIECES for syndication ie a commentator not a journalist.

As a contrast S Donaldson, W Cronkite, K Couric, B Williams list themselves as journalist not commentators.

Thanks for making my point wista.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

JackBauer

People actually think POLITICO has a liberal bias?

Wow.

wistahpatsfan

He was a journalist and a news anchor for FOX who became the freaking Press Secretary to Bush!

We're splitting hairs here...or maybe not.

My point was that people on BOTH sides move from journalism and news to political functions all the time. There is a difference between a news journalist, reporter and news anchor- you're right.

There is also a difference between going to work in a political party and a White House Cabinet position.

One could easily say the difference in the latter contrast is much greater.

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State

Not really.

She's a commentator not a reporter.

How hard is that to figure out?

Patters

Politico isn't left wing and never has been. It's centrist, with a slight tilt to the right, not the left.

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

She says she's a journalist. She oughta know, right? She's so much of a journalist that she's offered (at least twice) to help show every other journalist what they're doing wrong. I guess she figures the example she sets on Facebook and Twitter and Fox just isn't enough.


I want the mainstream media--and I've said this for a couple years now--I want to help them.

I have a journalism degree. That is what I studied. I understand that this cornerstone of our democracy is a free press, is sound journalism. I want to help them build back their reputation and allow Americans to be able to trust what it is that they're reporting.

Quote of the Day: Sarah Palin Wants to Help the Media - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

State

One reports the news, the other comments on the news. Increasingly, I have to agree, the two sides are blurred together.

One example is front page "news analysis," which is often nothing more than an opinion piece.

Another example is when commentators report news events, often conservatives who bemoan the lack of coverage by the dominant mainstream media. An example of that recently is the shooting in Atlanta, which I'm fairly sure you haven't heard of.

Conflicting signs on whether Midtown shooting suspect targeted victim *| ajc.com

Three women shot for no apparent reason. One is dead, one is likely paralyzed from the neck down for life, and the other is in the hospital but should recover. Seemingly totally random.

But I am willing to speculate you've heard of the "mansion murders."

State

I could do this every day, and so I think I will.

MSNBC's Bashir Fails to Object As Guest Indirectly Compares U.S. Evangelicals to Taliban | NewsBusters.orgIt's a good thing he didn't refer to the President as a Muslim.

The reaction would be swift and dramatic.

State