Comments on: Spending the day pretending to be Dan Rather (updated) http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:34:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gumshoe http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74448 gumshoe Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:07:12 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74448 Roger - congrats on your new job as a talking head! (just kidding.) ;0p great conversation with Mr Woolsey. at the risk of sounding "cosmetic" regarding one of your maiden voyage broadcasts... Mr W.'s lighting(warm),camera-angles(good background) and sound quality(better mic placement?sound mix?) were head and shoulders above that afforded to your on-camera speaking parts(poor backrgound,cold lighting,poor sound). it was like they were two different films. i'm sure you're doing after-action assessments of the video-clips, but the material is there to be learned from...might take advantage of it. thank you for the public service. my best wishes for your new reporting and interviewing efforts. Roger -

congrats on your new job
as a talking head!

(just kidding.)
;0p

great conversation with Mr Woolsey.

at the risk of sounding “cosmetic” regarding
one of your maiden voyage broadcasts…

Mr W.’s lighting(warm),camera-angles(good background)
and sound quality(better mic placement?sound mix?) were head and shoulders above that afforded to your on-camera speaking parts(poor backrgound,cold lighting,poor sound).

it was like they were two different films.

i’m sure you’re doing after-action
assessments of the video-clips,
but the material is there
to be learned from…might take advantage of it.

thank you for the public service.
my best wishes for your new reporting and interviewing efforts.

]]> By: Dr. T http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74447 Dr. T Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:27:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74447 Interesting about the pull-out by Woolsey and Deutsch and the reason given. A few years ago I took part in the World Russia Forum in D.C. There was similar infighting because of support from the Free Congress Foundation (which is very right-wing by my right-wing lights); also, I was told but can't confirm that a Russia expert in the U.S. tried to get visas denied to participants because of a personal dispute. Interesting about the pull-out by Woolsey and Deutsch and the reason given.
A few years ago I took part in the World Russia Forum in D.C. There was similar infighting because of support from the Free Congress Foundation (which is very right-wing by my right-wing lights); also, I was told but can’t confirm that a Russia expert in the U.S. tried to get visas denied to participants because of a personal dispute.

]]> By: Kevin Peters http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74446 Kevin Peters Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:17:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74446 Roger: I have no idea what the whole story about the tapes will be but I do know that the MSM will have a hard time keeping a lid on any story like this as they did before. Their power as gatekeeper over stories like this is over because the blogs are a source where the information can get out unfiltered. Are the translations of the tapes accurate? I have no idea. But I do know that there will independent translators who will get a copy of the tapes and we will know exactly what was said and if the MSM wants to ignore it the truth will get out anyway. And if the tapes verify what is being hinted at the people who may have "edited" out the truth because they knew better what the public could handle are going to be hung out to dry. I am waiting till the full transcripts come out before I make up my mind but the very fact that I don't have to rely on the crumbs that the MSM deigned to allow me to have is a fantastic thing. And it will make these reporters give me everthing out of fear that they will get caught with their pants down. This could all amount to nothing and change nothing about the truth as we currently know it. But if they did shade the truth to protect me from facts that they decided I could not handle then some mighty towers are going to crumble. It will be interesting to say the least. Roger:

I have no idea what the whole story about the tapes will be but I do know that the MSM will have a hard time keeping a lid on any story like this as they did before. Their power as gatekeeper over stories like this is over because the blogs are a source where the information can get out unfiltered. Are the translations of the tapes accurate? I have no idea. But I do know that there will independent translators who will get a copy of the tapes and we will know exactly what was said and if the MSM wants to ignore it the truth will get out anyway. And if the tapes verify what is being hinted at the people who may have “edited” out the truth because they knew better what the public could handle are going to be hung out to dry. I am waiting till the full transcripts come out before I make up my mind but the very fact that I don’t have to rely on the crumbs that the MSM deigned to allow me to have is a fantastic thing. And it will make these reporters give me everthing out of fear that they will get caught with their pants down. This could all amount to nothing and change nothing about the truth as we currently know it. But if they did shade the truth to protect me from facts that they decided I could not handle then some mighty towers are going to crumble. It will be interesting to say the least.

]]> By: Lem http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74445 Lem Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:07:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74445 There is something curious in the lack of interest by the MSM in the Saddam tapes witch by any comparison are manifestly eclipsed by the interest they showed in the Nixon tapes. At best the Nixon tapes showed abuse of power and the cover up, were as the Saddam tapes may offer a window into something we are still, even after 9/11, struggling to understand. There is something curious in the lack of interest by the MSM in the Saddam tapes witch by any comparison are manifestly eclipsed by the interest they showed in the Nixon tapes.

At best the Nixon tapes showed abuse of power and the cover up, were as the Saddam tapes may offer a window into something we are still, even after 9/11, struggling to understand.

]]> By: Joseph (formerly Samuel) http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74444 Joseph (formerly Samuel) Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:42:15 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74444 Welcome to my backyard (which resides somewhere between Tysons Corner and Arlington Ridge) have fun! Welcome to my backyard (which resides somewhere between Tysons Corner and Arlington Ridge) have fun!

]]> By: David Thomson http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74443 David Thomson Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:01:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74443 ìThe translator of the Saddam tapes says that "Nightline" toned it down so that Saddam's words were less threatening.î They can only get away such nonsense for a limited time. Eventually the world, one way or another, will know the truth. The leftists are greatly worried about these tapes because of their investment in the ìBush liedî meme. I still believe that WMDs were shipped to Syria before the liberation of Iraq. It looks like we will know for sure in the very near future. ìThe translator of the Saddam tapes says that “Nightline” toned it down so that Saddam’s words were less threatening.î

They can only get away such nonsense for a limited time. Eventually the world, one way or another, will know the truth. The leftists are greatly worried about these tapes because of their investment in the ìBush liedî meme. I still believe that WMDs were shipped to Syria before the liberation of Iraq. It looks like we will know for sure in the very near future.

]]> By: Kevin Peters http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74442 Kevin Peters Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:16:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74442 Yehudit: Let's hold back until the tapes come out. But since they used the tapes themselves they will have a hard time disowning them. If true, I wonder if their press conference discussing why they didn't use that part of the tapes will go over the sacred 18 hour limit. Matbe they will ask Rather for someone to help spin the translation in their favor,maybe Mapes typewriter specialist. Yehudit:

Let’s hold back until the tapes come out. But since they used the tapes themselves they will have a hard time disowning them. If true, I wonder if their press conference discussing why they didn’t use that part of the tapes will go over the sacred 18 hour limit. Matbe they will ask Rather for someone to help spin the translation in their favor,maybe Mapes typewriter specialist.

]]> By: Yehudit http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74441 Yehudit Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:04:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74441 The translator of the Saddam tapes <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/17/125334.shtml?s=ic" rel="nofollow">says that "Nightline" toned it down</a> so that Saddam's words were less threatening. Good ole MSM . . . . The translator of the Saddam tapes says that “Nightline” toned it down so that Saddam’s words were less threatening.

Good ole MSM . . . .

]]> By: Pat Curley http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74440 Pat Curley Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:48:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/17/spending-the-day-pretending-to-be-dan-rather-updated/#comment-74440 I did a little googling the other day on Loftus and he's something of a moonbat. He's written articles on the supposed link between Bush's grandfather and the Nazis. I did a little googling the other day on Loftus and he’s something of a moonbat. He’s written articles on the supposed link between Bush’s grandfather and the Nazis.

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