December 20, 2003
The Irreleventsia #3
I wouldn't say that I get all my news from Instapundit, just a hell of a lot of it. His post here underscores several failings of the Irreleventsia.
The administration is providing a Baghdad newsfeed directly to those local TV stations that want to pick it up. Boston Irreleventsia execs are up in arms over, essentially, the government's right to enter the fourth estate.
I say hogwash. This is not about government-controlled media. I remain perfectly free to choose what outlets I get my news from. A technique which works for me is to read articles from the Nation and the National Review on the same topic, e.g., "The Mideast Peace Process", and then create my view of what is true and what is spin. Not easy!
Instapundit's post continues with the NYT Baghdad bureau chief claiming that they didn't cover the December 10 anti-terror demonstrations because, in Dan Okrent's words, "The organizers of the demonstration failed to alert the Times in advance".
Unbelievable.
Millions and millions of blog lurkers, ordinary people like dentists, housewives, steelworkers, students, artists, convenience store clerks, from all corners of the globe knew weeks in advance about this most important demonstration, and the NYT didn't? I just have one word for that.
Irreleventsia.
Posted by nopundit at December 20, 2003 10:44 AM