Comments on: Fred Hiatt is an idiot

By: Mean bloggers gave me an ouchie « The Poor Man Institute

Mean bloggers gave me an ouchie « The Poor Man Institute — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:22:11 +0000

[...] interesting that folks such as Shlaes, Will, and Hiatt think that mean bloggers are afraid to debate them. Kids, any time you want to engage in a civil, [...]

By: An Inky/WaPo “Good Government” (Sort Of) Screed « The Liberal Doomsayer

An Inky/WaPo “Good Government” (Sort Of) Screed « The Liberal Doomsayer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:45:14 +0000

[...] but a Bush (and Iraq War) apologist (and a pretty damn plain McCain booster, all of which is noted here; hey, if he supported McCain and he were a UPS driver, plumber, or anything else not involving media [...]

By: VC-Day: Victory over Christmas « THE TOOT

VC-Day: Victory over Christmas « THE TOOT — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:32:34 +0000

[...] Fred Hiatt, “The Intelligence Committee says whatever I says it says“ [...]

By: Gregg Easterbrook is - wait for it! - an idiot « The Poor Man Institute

Gregg Easterbrook is - wait for it! - an idiot « The Poor Man Institute — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:59:02 +0000

[...] like Fred Hiatt, has a way with ellipses. From the report in question: The panel finds that, even given the great [...]

By: Doctor Memory

Doctor Memory — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:55:27 +0000

Hiatt really is angling for the eXile horse semen pie treatment.

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:22:52 +0000

Riveting

Faux movie review: “I felt they were riveting me to the chair and boring me to death….”

Quote on move poster: “…riveting…..” – NYT

Hey, that’s from Mad Magazine, not the WP!

- FJ

By: Max Hardcore

Max Hardcore — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:41:17 +0000

Max Power:

While your analysis is pretty much right, it is not relevant.

The purpose of initiating impeachment proceedings is to determine the facts surrounding the offending actions, and then determine what, if any, punishment is appropriate.

The purpose of initiating impeachment proceedings is not necessarily to have a successful process. When a prosecutor gathers the evidence of a possible crime he is not supposed to make a determination about whether to prosecute someone until all the evidence is on the table.

When the Articles of Impeachment are written up and voted on, we will know the result. Until then everything is speculation. That is why they play the games.

I think the analysis was supposed to add that a failed impeachment will throw public anger back on the Dems and make them less able to act as a check on power. That is hardly reasonable by now I think.

By: Sean Peters

Sean Peters — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:53:10 +0000

P.S… did I mention that Fred Hiatt is an asshole?

By: Sean Peters

Sean Peters — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:51:56 +0000

I think you gave short shrift to the real issue – Cheney and co. were actively interfering in the development of the intel to make it say what they wanted! So it’s probably not surprising the Cheney administration’s preferred conclusions were “generally supported by intel”.

By: Robert Waldmann

Robert Waldmann — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:13:55 +0000

It all makes sense. To defend people who removed question marks and inserted exclamation points, Hiatt removed commas and inserted periods.

Now deleting inconvenient clauses is just sleazy, but replacing a comma with a period is falsifying the quotation. If the Washington Post had any standards, Hiatt would be fired for that offense alone (and pigs would fly and my grandmother would be both a bus and my grandfather at the same time).