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: Glenn Reynolds calls a story in Richard Mellon Scaife's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "major media attention." Well, I'd be more inclinded to call it major right-wing crackpot attention. dota maps moo moo
: UPDATE: Glenn responds to this here. I'm simply saying that a story in Scaife's paper doesn't qualify to me as major media attention, that's all. I said what I meant. dota maps moo moo
Glenn, to his credit, says he doesn't necessarily buy the story; he already said that. If I'd wanted to get into a discussion of the merits of this particular story, I would have made that clear. Perhaps I should have anyway. But, again, I wan't trying to discuss the particulars of this story, only the characterization of a Scaife enterprise as major media. dota maps moo moo
Of course, Glenn uses it to flog his Cambodia angle. And that's fine. He is proud of the world he has done on that story. I still consider in a nonstory (just as I considered Bush's military record -- with its hanging questions -- a nonstory; I always repeat that for the record). dota maps moo moo
I'll repeat for the record, too, that I think Glenn's the greatest; I have the utmost respect for him. But from the beginning, I've disagreed with him about the importance and significance and value of the Swiftie and Cambodia stories (and I have some standing to be able to do that since I have also attacked Michael Moore's attacks against the man I now assume is Glenn's candidate and because I equally pooh-poohed the attacks on Bush's military record). So we disagree. Friends disagree. Bloggers disagree. If we didn't, this would be as dull as, oh, I dunno, a blogging panel? dota maps moo moo
So I send virtual air-kisses to Glenn and a big e-hug. dota maps moo moo
But I still say that Scaife is a fringe-dweller and conspiracy-addict and troublemaker who delights in trying to destroy politicians he hates. Citing his enterprises is like citing, well, Michael Moore's or Al Franken's. dota maps moo moo
