Howell and Hardball: We're Winning the Long Struggle

[Ignacio Upton]

From DKos:

Howell and Hardball: We're Winning the Long Struggle
by BriVT
Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 07:15:23 AM PDT

We're crashing the gates.

Oh, I'm not talking about the gates of the Democratic Party, like a certain new book I've heard somewhere you can pre-order ... that's not the big struggle anyway. Oh, no, I'm talking about the major struggle against the established media and it's bizarre relationship with the right-wing and the truth. And, missed in all the fury at the Washington Post and Chris Matthews is a recognition of a simple fact that is the real lesson of those incidents: we're getting closer to winning this thing.

Like Gandhi said in the over-quoted line: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you ... then you win." That line is so over-used it's close to a cliche, but in this case, it's elegantly true. So, let's look back at how this bloggy thing has gone, and why Howell and Matthews show we're winning ...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/25/91523/0250

[Burried News]

1. I think so too. In Howell's case, WaPo has had more than 3 days

of explanations. There was coverage on NPR, on last night's NewsHour, in the NY Times, appearances by Brady (website editor) AND a reposting of 1500 messages that were suddenly found.

That's what happens WaPO when you match wits with people who are more intelligent, harder working, have more integrity AND love their country and the law more than you do.

[wryter2000]

2. I think they're right

Maybe I'm too optimistic, but this is the first time I remember when we slapped down RW spin (except for on places like Faux, which are only interested in talking to wingnuts). It's out there in the "MSM," as they call it, that this is a Republican scandal, not a "bipartisan" scandal.

IMHO, we'd be nowhere on this if it weren't for Dr. Gov. Dean's performance on Wolf.