PLEDGE: I will no longer link "Politico" articles in any thread I start or participate in!

[FrenchieCat]

Here are the last two items initiated by Politico that forced my hand--

Politico Reporter's fucked attitude towards our New President
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=263728&mesg_id=263774


and this garbage:

Politico puts Michelle Obama on a list of 'Frenemies' to the White House
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4897893


I wrote about Politico back in August,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6730613

and my view has only changed in that, rather than discrediting them at this point,
I'm just done with them, as they have proven to be worthless!

[DevonRex]

1. Hear Hear!!!! They're more of a gossip rag than anything. nt

[FrenchieCat]

3. Worse than a gossip rag.....

Politico is an actual shit stirrer on issues that are of importance to all of us.

[NYC_SKP]

2. I concur with your position re: the P.O.S. known as "Politico". Recommended.

Never did care for their editorial p.o.v., and it will get worse from here.




didja get the dvd?

[FrenchieCat]

4. Got the dvd! Thanks so much!

You're close hey? Right there in Stockton.

I've just been super busy working as Tax season is upon us momentarily!

[NYC_SKP]

14. Sweet!

Sent PM.

[Captain Hilts]

5. I agree.

[skeewee08]

6. Thank you!

[jenmito]

7. Jonathan Martin has been writing anti-Obama articles for months. I've started threads

about him. He's just one of the RW hacks at Politico.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. I never liked Politico

[meli224]

9. I hate politico as well.

Every friggin comment on there is from right-wing garbage, and their bullshit "news" leans that way too

[JuniperLea]

10. Welcome to the light!

I've been saying this for a while... they are just not a reliable source in my book. Tab freaking bloid!!!

[AngryAmish]

11. Quite frankly they might as well be in the Klan

No room for racism nowadays.

[ErinBerin84]

12. heh

I posted this in another thread, but Wonkette made the same decision today.

http://wonkette.com/405729/not-to-be-sexist-but-politico-is-pmsing-real-bad-like-women-do

"Last night Obama went to introduce himself to the White House press corps briefly, politely. A Politico reporter started harassing him about one of his appointments. Obama told him to STFU, he could ask it at the next briefing. Politico writes the following lede this morning: “President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press corps Thursday night, but got agitated when he was faced with a substantive question.”
Do Jonathan Martin and Carrie Budoff Brown, the co-authors of this whiny, vapid bullshit, think that anyone else cares how hard they have to work to get information? Why do we even link to this vulgar asshole of a publication anymore, now that the election’s over? We’re keeping people like Roger Simon and Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin employed by doing this! Enough.

Your associate editor, at least, is making a belated “New Years Resolution” to never link to Politico again (after this one!), except for Ben Smith and Michael Calderone stuff. They are friendly. Maybe the gal who writes Shenanigans too, or the guy(s) who write(s) the Congress blog. Basically we will stop linking to these particularly retarded, trollish articles Politico front-pages just to get a crappy 2-minute panel slot on AC 360 later in the night. (They actually have full-time employees whose job it is to book their idiot reporters on cable news shows. This alone should be reason enough never to do anything good for Politico.)"

[DainBramaged]

13. They were enemy combatants last year........

[rvablue]

15. I'll take the pledge ... with one caveat

if they happen to break some huge BREAKING news that is based on FACT and has SOURCED quotes, then there could be some utility to it. That's a big IF.

As far as these stupid ass "opinion" pieces, I have never linked to them and never will as they have no merit and are purely the imaginings of blowhards who are trying to think of something controversial to say in order to spur website hits.

[Hissyspit]

16. Politico's modus operandi is to post important well-written unbiased pieces

and mix in subtle slanted biased pieces. Then the opinion pieces are another matter altogether.

People should definitely take everything they see from Politico with a BIG grain of salt. It is a right-wing news source and there is an agenda there. I have only posted one, possibly two, news articles from them since they have existed, and so it is a general rule of thumb for me to not post anything from them.

I'm not big on making pledges, though.

[struggle4progress]

18. That's exactly what they do

[ErinBerin84]

20. very true

Sometimes they get a good edge of breaking news, but the editorials are pretty laughable.

[struggle4progress]

17. Another loud "Thank you!" here

[Danger Mouse]

19. Politico...mysteriously found their courage when the big scary Bush had gone.

[Hissyspit]

26. Elrond Hubbard is now...

Danger Mouse! LOL

[ShortnFiery]

21. NEVER FORGET: It was Bush himself that promoted politico.com as soon as it crawled from under

the "ruling political class" rock. During one of his few and infamous pressers, "Are you from POLITICO DOT COM?" :puke:

[Vinnie From Indy]

38. Just posted this factoid myself

I was watching the day Smirky mentioned politico from his podium. Because Bush is such an idiot, it was almost painfully obvious that the mention was completely staged and designed to promote the site. In short, it also seems obvious that the Bushies and the right wing wanted desperately to provide a counter to KOS, DU and other web sites.

Politico is a propaganda platform for the right wing.

[Hippo_Tron]

22. Politico is marginally better than the National Enquirer IMO

If you look at the print version you find that it's really a gossip rag. It should not be treated as a serious news source.

[nomaco-10]

23. I have always wished I had the skills to do an in depth search and....

investigation into the people that founded and FUNDED Politico. I have never trusted them, and I always thought they may be some kind of slick version spawned by the same people that brought us the Swift Boat Veterans and the Family Values kind of groups.

Follow the Money! I don't know why we can't get more dirt on these assholes. du has always been renowned for uncovering connections. I know something is there.

[Luminous Animal]

35. Glenn Greenwald already did that for you..

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/04/politico_funding/index.html?source=rss

Who funds and runs the Politico?

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/03/politico/index.html

The Politico: Exhibit A for our broken political press

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/30/allen/index.html

"The Right-wing Politico Cesspool.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. I totally agree and came to this conclusion a long time ago

I came across Politico's website early last year at the start of the primary season -before I found any links to it from DU or anywhere else -and the style and tone of the publication gave me a very bad vibe in terms of political bias. I have never consulted that online publication again and this from a person who loves online political websites and surfs them for several hours a day.

This latest garbage smearing Obama only confirms that it values its political agenda over providing reliable news and information. Additionally they seem to have an inflated sense of their own self-importance and credibility. In that respect it is not dissimilar to FAUX news

[Doctor_J]

25. Sadly, many DUers are addicted to hate speech and refuse to stop

posting links to politico, sludge, hannity, fox "news", goldberg, and so forth. The mods have refused my many requests to send those people and their filth to the "conservatives" forum. So most of them are now on my Ignore list. Come to think of it, you just posted a whole bunch, so I assume you're one of the addicts who is not as yet on the list.

If your sould is so wretched that you have to look at that crap, please spare the rest of us.

[FrenchieCat]

32. None of my links take you to politico. You could have least checked

before stating so. :(

[Cha]

27. This is just fucking stupid..

"Politico puts Michelle Obama on a list of 'Frenemies' to the White House
Edited on Fri Jan-23-09 04:18 PM by BurtWorm
According to Feministe:

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/23/michel... /

At Politico, Glenn Thrush has made a list of “Frenemies” to the White House — Democrats who could cause Barack Obama some serious problems. The last person on the list? His own wife:

10. Michelle Obama — She’s glamorous, she’s on message, she’s the nation’s favorite mom — and now she has nowhere to go but down. The press, which helped savage Michelle Obama for her “proud of my country” remark during the campaign, has since built her into a 21st century Jackie O. With the spotlight shining so brightly on her now, any misstep by the first lady — a slip of the tongue, a too-frank statement, any disagreement with the administration’s positions — could reflect harshly on her husband.

Right, and I’m sure that anything Barack does that pisses us off — like say, refusing to overturn the Global Gag Rule on Roe Day because he wants to take the emotions out of whether or not thousands and thousands of women die (oh yeah, argue with me all you want, but I’m bitter) — will leave us all looking in Michelle’s direction saying “oooh, who did you marry?” Yes?

No? What do you mean? Are you saying that it’s only Michelle’s own actions that reflect on her? What a novel concept. And one that many apparently think doesn’t apply in reverse.

This “what your spouse does automatically reflects on you” nonsense has to end, across the board. And especially in situations like this.

I’m with Michelle Obama Watch:

So in otherwords, Michelle Obama had better be PERFECT for the next four years or its open season by unhinged “journalists.” What else is new.

This sounds so much like the New York Times and their “Michelle is TOO Strong” meme. With all due respect to the geniuses at Politico.com this sounds very much like a self-fufilling prophecy.

Not, I’m sure, that this is the last we’ll see of such drivel about a First Lady who isn’t afarid to share her own thoughts, and refuses to purposely fade into the wallpaper. Women using their brains? What an embarassment to their husbands!"

[KittyWampus]

28. OMG? There're slamming Michelle because she's popular? Idiots. They tried to do same to Barack

[ShortnFiery]

29. They sling mud among democrats. But I'll buy into it about Blue Dogs and DLCers.

:shrug:

[Hieronymus]

30. Fuck Politico ... I've been watching their comments for a while.

[Robeson]

31. Never trusted them.

[democracy1st]

33. K & R I can't stand that fraudulent crap

[firedupdem]

34. K & R

They got me good the other night when I wasn't paying attention! I will never go there again. I was googling to find out who owns it and came upon a wikipedia page for a Politico Newspaper that is total right wing trash. I never finished my research but yes, they are garbage. I hope they get locked out of all press conferences. They are going to lie and spin anyway.

[Radical Activist]

36. Politico is full of shit.

It's amazing how many times I read something here that I think is BS and the link goes to Politico. Tabloid garbage. What on earth are they even doing with a "reporter" in the white house press corps?

[Vinnie From Indy]

37. LOL! Within days of going live at Politico, Smirky mentioned them BY NAME

At one press conference days after Politico went live, Bush went out of his way to mention the web site and call on their "reporter". The mention was obvioulsy a staged and prepared part of that particular press conference. If SMirky was eager to mention Politico, you can bet that the Bushies knew the web site was going to be another propaganda platform for their side.

In short, Politico is a stacked deck and solely designed to work in the interests of the right wing.

[a kennedy]

39. Thank you......

they're off my list of info sites to read. :puke:

[Enrique]

40. if we did that, then we'd miss this good article

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8136376

[FrenchieCat]

41. That's what they do to keep you strung along.

They are not stupid!