Progressive bloggers complain about New York Times' piece

[BNMarin]

Alessandra Stanley of the New York Times' "TV Watch" wrote monday that Hillary's speech accepting her new role as secretary of state was not an acceptance, but her real concession speech (link here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/us/politics/02watch.html?_r=1). Here's the reaction from the progressive blogosphere:

Media Matters' Eric Boehlert:
First off, my hunch is that most people assumed Clinton conceded the election "for real" when she, y'know, conceded the election in June. Or maybe when she endorsed Obama at the convention in August, or when she campaigned for him nationwide in October. But for The Village, it wasn't until December that Clinton conceded the election "for real." http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200812020002?show=1

Matt Browner Hamlin, who has also blogged for the Huffington Post and campaigned for Chris Dodd:
t no point in the time since June 7, 2008, has Hillary Clinton ever suggested that her concession of the Democratic nomination for the presidency was not "for real." Again, Stanley is making things up.
http://holdfastblog.com/2008/12/02/stop-projecting/

Bob Somerby at the Daily Howler:
Stanley is a pal of Dowd's; she often displays the same desire to force her own foolish dramas onto your most important news topics. And let's state the obvious: This group will never stop working this way, until widespread ridicule makes them stop. They live inside a sumptuous palace--and their flighty minds are full of dime novels. They're too dumb to see the world other ways. They'll insist on novelizing your news until they're finally stopped. http://dailyhowler.com/dh120308.shtml

Atrios of the Eschaton blog honored the journalist with his "Wanker of the day" award. http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_11_30_archive.html#4422121709048432165

"Bloggers for Change":
Stanley, offering no examples of those "plenty of viewers," apparently forgot about Clinton's concession speech, her speech at the Democratic National Convention, or the following night when she moved that Barack Obama be "selected by this convention by acclamation." Apparently in Stanley's mind, none of those very public statements, nor the campaigning Clinton did for Obama, counted. http://www.bloggersforchange.com/?page_id=2

Contact Stanley here: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/alessandra_stanley/index.html

[Lasher]

1. Thanks for the contribution.

And welcome aboard! :hi:

[madrchsod]

2. welcome!

maybe the hillary hysterics will be over....for a few days