In my daily perusal of news and stories both here in the Blogosphere and in real newspapers and magazines, I often come across a little jab here and there dissing the New Media, and blogs in particular. "It’s not real news," they say. "It’s all lies, halftruths, and slander, and ripe for unverified statements," say others. If that’s the world of the Blogosphere, and it’s that bad, surely it means that the "old media" are the grownups– the models of decorum and neutrality. Er, not really…
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Consider this exclusive by Matt Drudge:
**Exclusive**.During a live press conference in Baghdad, Senators McCain and Graham were heckled by CNN reporter Michael Ware. An official at the press conference called Ware’s conduct “outrageous,” saying, “here you have two United States Senators in Bagdad giving first-hand reports while Ware is laughing and mocking their comments. I’ve never witnessed such disrespect. This guy is an activist not a reporter.”.Senators McCain and Graham flew into Iraq and drove into Baghdad, making stops at an open market and a joint Iraq/American military security outpost before appearing at the press conference..This is not the first time Michael Ware has taken issue with Senator McCain’s comments about early progress in Iraq. Last week, after Senator McCain told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he needed to catch up on the news coming out of Iraq, Michael Ware responded, saying:.“I don’t know what part of Neverland Senator McCain is talking about when he says we can go strolling in Baghdad.”.Michael Ware has also publicly expressed his views on the war last year in an interview with Bill Maher, saying, “I’ve been given a front-row ticket to watch this slow-motion train wreck … I try to stay as drunk for as long as possible while I’m here … In fact, I’m drinking now.”.Developing…
Now really, do you think what Mr. Ware reports to the viewers on CNN is more reliable and trustworthy than the information that one finds at places like Michelle Malkin, AnkleBitingPundits, GraniteGrok, RightWingNews,The Daily Acts, and others like it, including the numerous milblogs? Heckling two US Senators as they visit a war zone? Shame on Mr. Ware.