We have a winner!!!!
Congratulations to commenter "redpesto" for this prediction in the Friday Forecast Thread:
DA on the Tory party conference; NC on the News Statesman story about John Humphreys.
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Meanwhile... Salon's Gary Kamiya reviews a pro-war liberal's book on the Iraq war. (Day Pass Required: link here) Worth it for the NC-related stuff on Paul Berman
As it turned out, right predictions, wrong columnists; Nick did a bit of warmed-over Bermanism about "when the Islamists strike Paris" and Dave has done a bit on the Staggers story on John Humphrys. But this is much closer to the mark than anyone's managed in recent weeks and deserves the prize. Well done fella.
DA on the Tory party conference; NC on the News Statesman story about John Humphreys.
[...]
Meanwhile... Salon's Gary Kamiya reviews a pro-war liberal's book on the Iraq war. (Day Pass Required: link here) Worth it for the NC-related stuff on Paul Berman
As it turned out, right predictions, wrong columnists; Nick did a bit of warmed-over Bermanism about "when the Islamists strike Paris" and Dave has done a bit on the Staggers story on John Humphrys. But this is much closer to the mark than anyone's managed in recent weeks and deserves the prize. Well done fella.
posted by The Rioja Kid at 10/11/2005 04:28:00 PM
5 Comments:
Very curious piece. This is media page parish pump controversy, not general op ed stuff. I know the originaly Humphries story appeared in the Times, but how many Times readers care about a row between the Staggers and the BBC or want to read a narrow focused defense of the Beeb?
Ahhhh but note that now the "Gilligan argument" has been reversed 180 degrees. It is now the contention that "he was a bad man, so what does it matter if the specific claim was untrue". Which is exactly the argument that the Blair govt is now making and exactly the argument that the BBC did not in fact make; they claimed that the specific story was true. The purpose is the rewrite of history ... more to come
Oh sweet lord I've just read Cohen's Wednesday Standard column for the first time, and utterly without warning, as I'd completely forgotten he wrote a column.
This week's oppression to be fought is Traffic Wardens in Islington. Cor blimey guv'nor they give out too many tickets, even, would'ya believe it, to a hearse. It's the left's fault, naturally (along with 'capitalism', ie nice safe target as means nothing).
You really couldn't make it up.
And how Bruschetta Liberal is that!
we have a new "quote of the month". Christ I need to catch up with the Watching too.
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