Okay, I was going to ignore Ted Rall and his rant against the “right wing” bloggers, Bloggers and the New McCarthyism, (February 22)
But the responses have been too much fun.
Ted enjoys deriding the bloggers in rec rooms, especially the 48-year-olds in their parents basements, as noted in Editor and Publisher. These personal attacks are a sign of the increasing panic I've noticed in leftie blogs. But, in Rall's ranting and raving--which he effectively demonstrates that lefties can do quite well--I noticed something else:
Ted isn’t much for quoting sources. Here are some examples from The McCarthy piece:
“Political bloggers…link to articles in traditional media. Then they rant and/or rave about them. "Great piece in the Journal." "The usual crap at CNN.com."
Would you cite your sources, please?
“…conservative blogs mirror their mainstream counterparts by applying a far angrier and more violent tone than that of their liberal foes. Here's a sample of online comments written by Republican bloggers: "Ted Rall should be beat to within an inch of his life with a baseball bat." "Every morning when I read the paper, I hope the headline will bring me tidings of [Ted Rall's] untimely demise. Untimely? Nah. Overdue." "When I flush the toilet, it isn't considered violence, is it? So killing Ted Rall should be no different."
Would you cite your sources, please?
"Ted Rall should be beat to within an inch of his life with a baseball bat." "Every morning when I read the paper, I hope the headline will bring me tidings of [Ted Rall's] untimely demise. Untimely? Nah. Overdue." "When I flush the toilet, it isn't considered violence, is it? So killing Ted Rall should be no different."
Would you cite your sources, please?
Death threats against liberal pundits are commonplace among, and essentially unique to, the right-wing blogs.
Would you cite your sources, please?
And the GOP thinks that's OK.
Would you cite your sources, please?
Bloggers are ordinary people, many of them uneducated and with nothing interesting to say.
Can you document that statement, Ted? (Quite possibly you’re wrong about bloggers having nothing interesting to say, since so many of them are developing growing audiences.)
They're sitting in their rec rooms…”
Again, sources, please?
"... regurgitating and spinning what real journalists have dug up through hard work. They don't have sources…”
Apparently, Ted, neither do you. Now, run along back to your rec room. And try to play nice with the blogger “wolf pack” at your door, because they aren't leaving.
