BuzzFlash.com Names WP Media Col. H. Kurtz as Rep Hypocrite of the Week

[paineinthearse]

HELLO ADMINS.......Have we ever considered sending our "Top 10 Conservative Idiots of the Week" to US Newswire???

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BuzzFlash.com Names Washington Post Media Columnist Howard Kurtz as its Republican Hypocrite of the Week

2/11/2005 12:08:00 PM

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To: National Desk

Contact: Mark Karlin of BuzzFlash.com, 312-474-0461

CHICAGO, Feb. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Howard Kurtz was named the BuzzFlash.Com GOP Hypocrite of the Week for committing journalistic malfeasance in coming to the defense of the White House ringer, the man who adopted the name Jeff Gannon.

In its award presentation at http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/05/02/edi05028.html , BuzzFlash.com notes that:

"In what can only be described as journalistic malfeasance, the controversial Kurtz came to the defense of the mysterious right-wing pseudo-journalist, claiming that bloggers had wrongly dug into his personal life. Kurtz went on to opine that any journalist could get a day pass to the White House and ask the President a question. In short, Kurtz made Gannon (aka James Guckert) out to be the victim of some sort of liberal witch hunt.

"Following the Gannon story, anyone with half a brain cell realizes that Kurtz's comments are simply damage control bullet points from or for the White House. The blogging world did what the lackey mainstream press will no longer do, expose a story that is at the epicenter of the deceit and propaganda media campaign central to how the Bush Cartel continues to control America. The Gannon story touches upon everything from manufactured news to manufactured "reporters" to the Valerie Plame affair to websites that have a connection to the White House, but appear independent, to a Bush Cartel hypocrisy about gays, to payola, to scripted Bush news conferences, to who knows what. This is a BIG media story that should be on the cover of the New York Times and Post.

"By the way, should we mention that it was a triple-hat week for Kurtz and his heart of media darkness and duplicity? There's his mind-boggling and nonsensical defense of the fabricated journalist calling himself Jeff Gannon. Then Kurtz accepted the White House Press Secretary's 'word' that the Bush Administration had nothing to do with an exclusion list meant to keep Democrats from a Presidential speech in Fargo, North Dakota. The next day, a North Dakota newspaper proved that the list came from, you guessed it, the White House. Then, all in 7 days, Slate took Kurtz to task for 'crafting a careful damage-controlling column about CNN news chief Eason Jordan.' Uh, did we mention that Kurtz moonlights for CNN?

"You know, if the Washington Post had any journalistic standards, Kurtz would have been fired long ago. His beat is the media after all, not defending the White House."

Kurtz merits the dubious honor of joining more than 65 other BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrites of the week, who can be found at http://www.buzzflash.com/audio.

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[BurtWorm]

1. Here, have some more beer!

:toast:

Howie should get his ass kicked during his live on-line forum on Monday at noon.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/liveonline/politics/mediabacktalk/

[paineinthearse]

4. Thanks, BurtWorm

:yourock:

[paineinthearse]

5. Ref EarlG's post

I swear the transposition of "Columnist Kurtz" into "Col Kurtz" was entirely due to space limitation and unintnetional.

I don't love the smell of napalm in the morning!

[CBHagman]

2. Where's Martin Sheen when you really need him?

Colonel Kurtz and his "extreme prejudice," huh? LOL! We must send a mission up the Potomac to check things out...

[Spazito]

3. WTG, Buzzflash!

What I find most interesting in Kurtz's latest fellations, disguised as comment, is how increasingly obvious his biases are being shown. In the past, he, at least, made an attempt to appear credible but no longer.