Blogcritics: Comments on Most Underreported Stories of 2004

Comment by Mike Kole

Mon, 3 Jan 2005 07:32:02 EST

Don't forget who introduced the bill to reinstate the draft: Charlie Rangel, D-NY.

Comment by Paul Roy

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:53:34 EST

Eleanor Clift!! Talk about a liberal who needs to f@#k more. Damn, I wish Pat Buchanon would just jump up and slap her one morning on that McLaughlin Group show.

Comment by Dave Nalle

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:31:02 EST

Eleanor Clift's list was typically idiotic and ill-informed. Half of her neglected stories were either obvious to anyone who can read a newspaper and didn't need more exploration or were covered exhaustively in the main stream media. Your list from the Phillips book is a lot more intriguing, though the draft reinstatement story is a complete fabrication - mostly of left wing bloggers who Michael Moored together unrelated events to come up with a fake conspiracy. Dave

Comment by JR

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:42:48 EST

I'm just wondering why the story of Bush's refusal to attack Zarqawi isn't on this list. More here. When it comes to fighting terror, I would have expected a policy of "preemption" to be a bit more... well, preemptive.

Comment by Aaman

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:41:40 EST

Anita, While you are correct that the draft did not happen in 2004, nevertheless, the furor might have had some role in decision making, and the story itself cited is that the posts on the SSS board were filled, which is true. What I would object to in the same breath is the term, used twice - "quietly" - that puts a partisan spin on the reportage itself, which is as bad as censorship, IMHO.

Comment by Anita Campbell

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:04:48 EST

You do realize that the reason the draft story was underreported is that it's not true? Or, rather, it is a collection of half-truths twisted and distorted out of context. It was a politically-motivated whisper campaign that taken as a whole is false. Don't be taken in -- and don't be party to spreading false Internet rumors and urban legends. This is one story that it was better to have left underreported, because it is not true.