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He should have worked for the National Review.

posted 12 years ago by cableaddict
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Steven Glass should have worked for the National Review. Republicans don't care about facts. Heck, total fabrication is their modus operandi. Glass he would have fit right in.

Just sayin.'

[–] sstavsky 11 years ago

I subscribe to "National Review." It's a fine publication, and don't stereotype people because of their political beliefs.

[–] balducci2 11 years ago

About half of the articles in National Review are okay. I find the rest to be far too biased, with far too many opinions inserted as facts.

Speaking of National Review and fact checking ... remember this National Review item from last year (2012)? Cut and pasted from the web, google for the original reporting:

On the dust jacket of his new book, "The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas," best-selling conservative author and commentator Jonah Goldberg is described as having "twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize."

In fact, as Goldberg acknowledged on Tuesday, he has never been a Pulitzer nominee, but is merely one of thousands of entrants.

When this bit of résumé inflation was pointed out by a reporter for msnbc.com, Goldberg said he hadn't meant to mislead anyone and removed the Pulitzer claim from his bio at National Review Online.

[–] denise1234 10 years ago

sstavsky^

"I subscribe to "National Review." It's a fine publication, and don't stereotype people because of their political beliefs."

Well-put!

"I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book." ~ Bradbury

[–] coleburg83 11 years ago

The irony. Much of the reason he got away with it is that his political hit pieces were on primarily Republican targets and causes.

I bet you think Harry Reid is an honest man.

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You did just fine, Clarence. Now go git yo'self some hot cornbread!

[–] PotassiumMan 11 years ago

There's a clear difference between conservative ignorance/indifference regarding policy questions and the outright fabrications that Glass came up with. You're welcome to belittle our understanding of the issues of the day, but don't lump us in with a serial liar like Glass.

[–] hodie 11 years ago

I subscribe to NR too. The OP has no clue about the publication he's maligning. I notice he cites no examples.
On the other hand, the many fabrications Glass had published in the New Republic are a matter of public record, resulting in a group apology from the magazine to its readership.

"Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"

[–] hodie 11 years ago

I subscribe to NR too. The OP has no clue about the publication he's maligning. I notice he cites no examples.
On the other hand, the fabrication Glass had published in the New Republic are a matter of public record, resulting in a group apology from the magazine to its readership.

"Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"

[–] cableaddict 11 years ago

^ This just proves how delusional Republicans are.

Mankind is doomed.

[–] dcavalli 10 years ago

How about the Obama White House?

"If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it" seems like a pretty big falsehood after five million insurance cancellations later.

[–] franklinlj 9 years ago

Partisan nonsense. Integrity is not a political issue. I am a long time NR subscriber, but I know the TNR crowd don't go in for deliberate lying, misguided as I think them. In their 100th anniversary issue, they call Glass 'The man who nearly brought this magazine down'; clearly they put a high premium on honesty.

The Bar associations of various states are not convinced Glass does, that is why they keep rejecting him. For more info, get the 100th of TNR and read the Glass article, a must for fans of the movie.