The Drudge Backlash
Mar 2nd, 2008 by Mark
And on it goes. They even have graphics!
The Drudge Haters can be found here [click it]. They have circled the wagons and link arms with the left. The end of Drudge is nigh. Just had to wipe coffee off my screen, that was funny. It’ bordering on derangement.
New phrase coined by me: Drudge Derangement Syndrome. Catch it at a blog near you!
It’s all Drudge’s Fault, or is it?
Seems quite a few want to blame Drudge for something he does all the time. These same people have no problem with him breaking the Monica Lewinsky story. Oh they spin and twirl every which way to make seem as if it’s any different, it’s not. He acted the same way in each case.
But Harry could have died because of this, they say. He could die on the battle field without anyone knowing, also. The left says that Drudge put Harry in Harm’s way, he didn’t the MOD did that; well actually Terrorists did. The lefties always forget who the real enemy is. Sadly the Right is now as unhinged as the left.
The left is having a field day getting back at Drudge — for Monica Lewinsky — and using the Right as the sledge hammer. Once again Conservatives are played for fools, and they go merrily along with it.
Who is really the bad guy?
There are many. The press who could be bribed with access to kept quiet. This same press can’t stop running their mouths about important and truly secret National Security issues. Few if any seem to see that. It’s sickening.
roundup of links
CharmCity gets it wrong [click it]
Several excerpts about the dust-up [click it] from other outlets are here.
The more I read on this, the more pissed off I get. These idiots are the worst. A bunch of liberals who are upset about news being reported. These are the same people who have no problem running their mouth about our secret monitoring programs, but Drudge talks about the Prince and it’s the end of civilization.
Here is another moron: Drudge violates news black out that he was not a party to! Unreal.
The Guardian seems to be one of the few places actually thinking about this. Never thought I would side with the Guardian.
But phooey! Double phooey! There’s no point in criticising anyone involved in this deluded little charade, because everyone acted from perfectly comprehensible motives. Harry wanted a bit of proper soldiering. The MoD wanted a warm bath of publicity on its own terms. The press loves being praised for restraint, plus getting pool exclusives of ‘Hero Harry’ playing ‘keepy-uppy’ with a toilet roll shortly after ’shedding tears for Chelsea’. But the difficulty is that this was always going to be a flaky deal, which lasted rather longer than you’d have bet at the start.
Seems a lot of people don’t get this. Or this:
Whatever MPs planning more internet curbs may say (and the generals of Burma sing much the same shrill tune), there is no effective way of leaning on a few blokes in London to shut up in the national interest if zillions of websites are tuned in and wholly reactive. General Sir Richard Dannatt should know that as unflinchingly as any other officer commanding. Helmand isn’t the playing fields of Eton. Al-Qaeda has many formidable internet operators (and many potential press officers). Every home-grown terrorist trial ends in a pile of emails. Deploying Harry in supposed secret could never last. The fix was always going to come loose - and pose questions about what press and Palace should try to fix in a twenty-first century where freedom of information goes rather further than indignant prose and pix brokers would like.
Ironic that those who decry censorship are now not only practicing it, but advocating it openly. Conservatives suddenly hate Drudge for “leaking” a news item, yet just last week were all over the NYT for NOT reporting something when they had the info and held it for their gain; like the Brits did in the Harry incident. The left is crowing the Drudge is evil, and the Right is helping them. It’s surreal.
The Guardian says it’s a cringe worthy stunt [click it]
Harry, you’re not normal, you’re a prince. And this is war, not therapy
Amen!
My last post on the story. [click it]
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