The Battle Between Time’s Joe Klein and the Liberal Blogosphere
June 8th, 2007 9:41 AM
Much to his chagrin, Time’s Joe Klein has become a Democrat that liberal bloggers love to hate, thereby making him the Joe Lieberman of journalism.Of course, rightwing bloggers don’t care for him much either, conceivably making Klein more like Rodney Dangerfield.Fortunately for our entertainment pleasure, since Klein isn’t a politician – actually, his frequent disabuses of fact lead one to…
Time's Joe Klein: Beware 'Bile' of Left Bloggers -- All Bush/Limbaugh
June 8th, 2007 4:50 AM
In an interesting slam against the Left-Wing Blogosphere, one time Clinton man, now Time Magazine writer, Joe Klein, hits 'em hard. Left-Wing Bloggers are vile. Left-Wing Bloggers are mean. Left-Wing Bloggers are disloyal. Left-Wing Bloggers jump to wild, unsupported conclusions... So says Klein in a June 6th piece titled "Beware the Bloggers' Bile." But, don't get your hopes up because, while…
Time Selects Question for Tom Tancredo: 'Why Do You Hate Mexicans
June 4th, 2007 11:46 PM
It's been eight weeks since Time magazine redesigned itself, and part of that refurbishment is handing over the "Ten Questions" interview inquiries to the readers instead of Time's reporters. In the June 11 edition, Time's interviewee was Rep. Tom Tancredo, a presidential contender and one of the nation's leading opponents of illegal immigration. Among the questions Time selected for Tancredo was…
Time's Klein Slams Guest Blogger Armey with False Talking Point
June 4th, 2007 1:47 PM
Update (15:40 EDT): Ana Marie Cox helpfully corrects/excuses Klein's error re: Kucinich.Well, that didn't take long. Just a few hours after former Rep. Dick Armey's (R-Tex.) first guest blog post to Time's "Swampland," liberal journalist and author Joe Klein slammed Armey for "red-baiting" the audience on the Democrats' stances on issues like health care.Socialized medicine is a right-wing scare…
Left-Leaning Time Blog Grants Conservative Dick Armey Guest Slot
June 4th, 2007 11:10 AM
I've documented on NewsBusters numerous occasions where Time magazine's political news-oriented "Swampland" blog has skewed to the left, including when the blog allowed veteran liberal columnist/pundit Michael Kinsley to guest blog at the site in March.But this week, readers should have a real treat with the pro-free market, conservative insights of former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Tex…