According to Michael Rosenkrantz (NHS Class of ‘00), my blog was featured on CNN this afternoon between 3:00 and 3:30 EST (4:00-4:30 EDT). Apparently they were discussing my post about Drudge’s folly and the Swift Report’s faux right-wing outrage.
Assuming Mike is telling the truth and not kidding around (and I have no reason to doubt him), that’s way totally cool! :)
I didn’t see the segment, obviously, since I was taking an exam at the time. But the timimg would put it during Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff, which makes sense given the topic. I’ll be watching for the transcript.
P.S. I’m not getting a perceptible traffic boost; I actually got slightly fewer hits last hour than in the hours preceding (chart). But that’s not surprising — people are far more likely to click a link from another website (like, say, InstaPundit’s) than they are to type in the URL of a website that they see discussed on TV.
Also, no one watches CNN in the middle of the day and actually pays close attention. Are they really getting their news from blogs? How the mighty have fallen.
Hmm, if a blog breaks a story, where would you suggest getting the news from?Your comment says nothing about CNN and a lot about your own personal prejudice against blogs.
And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the right-wing blogs who had mistaken the swift boat for a true story.
Well CNN fouled up the essence of the story. Excerpts, truncated ~
TATTON: Some of these blogs offering commentary like that, some of them offering news, some of them offering satire. Here’s one of them. Theswiftreport.blogs.com. It has a satirical take on Laura Bush’s speech. “Conservative Christians not laughing at First Lady’s Comedy Act,” citing a fictional group, a conservative group that’s upset…a satirical post, but one that some people fell for.
SCHECHNER: They did. A lot of the bloggers on the right fell for it. “The Drudge Report,” not a blogger, but a lot of people know Matt Drudge and his news site — he fell for it, took the post down. James Joyner (ph) over at Outside the Beltway, Andrew Sullivan, among some of them…
…And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the right-wing blogs who had mistaken the swift boat for a true story.
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Whereas, Swiftboat Capting Loye had written ~
“…Some people, it seems, have so little respect for the intellectual integrity of the Right that they can’t spot completely obvious satire when it smacks them in the face. Memo to the Left (and everyone, really): If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
“Of course, there is a fair amount of absurdity on the Right. But not this absurd. C’mon, people.”
So, from Loye’s sound analysis CNN extracts that it was The Right Wing Blogs ~ namely Sullivan, Joyner, and Drudge who, they note, is Not a Blog ~ which have so little respect for their own intellectual integrity that they Fell en masse for the Blunder On The Right spoof.
Also, no one watches CNN in the middle of the day and actually pays close attention. Are they really getting their news from blogs? How the mighty have fallen.
Hmm, if a blog breaks a story, where would you suggest getting the news from?Your comment says nothing about CNN and a lot about your own personal prejudice against blogs.
From the <a href=”http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/02/ip.01.html”> transcript</a>:
And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the right-wing blogs who had mistaken the swift boat for a true story.
Actually, I was already <a href=”http://www.brendanloy.com/blog/archives/008821.html”>mentioned on Fox News</a> once, though not by name… and not in relation to the blog.
Well CNN fouled up the essence of the story. Excerpts, truncated ~
TATTON: Some of these blogs offering commentary like that, some of them offering news, some of them offering satire. Here’s one of them. <b>Theswiftreport</b>.blogs.com. It has a satirical take on Laura Bush’s speech. “Conservative Christians not laughing at First Lady’s Comedy Act,” citing a fictional group, a conservative group that’s upset…a satirical post, but one that some people fell for.
SCHECHNER: They did. A lot of the <b>bloggers on the right fell for it</b>. “The Drudge Report,” not a blogger, but a lot of people know Matt Drudge and his news site — he fell for it, took the post down. James Joyner (ph) over at Outside the Beltway, Andrew Sullivan, among some of them…
…And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the <b>right-wing blogs</b> who had mistaken <b>the swift boat</b> for a true story.
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Whereas, Swiftboat Capting Loye had written ~
“…Some people, it seems, have <b>so little respect for the intellectual integrity of the Right</b> that they can’t spot completely obvious satire when it smacks them in the face. <b>Memo to the Left</b> (and everyone, really): If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
“Of course, there is a fair amount of <b>absurdity on the Right</b>. But not this absurd. C’mon, people.”
So, from Loye’s sound analysis CNN extracts that it was <b>The Right Wing Blogs</b> ~ namely Sullivan, Joyner, and Drudge who, they note, is Not a Blog ~ which have so little respect for their own intellectual integrity that they Fell en masse for the Blunder On The Right spoof.
I saw your blog on CNN before I went to work. I was wondering why would someone called Irish Trojan. At first I thought you like to spread virus hence “Trojan Horse Virus” but then I saw your blog and understood why you mention Irish Trojan. I am not a big fan of the Irish or the Trojans. I am Alabama Football fan even though I graduated from the University of New Orleans (we don’t have a football team down the bayou). Keep up with the good work.
I saw your blog on CNN before I went to work. I was wondering why would someone called Irish Trojan. At first I thought you like to spread virus hence “Trojan Horse Virus” but then I saw your blog and understood why you mention Irish Trojan. I am not a big fan of the Irish or the Trojans. I am Alabama Football fan even though I graduated from the University of New Orleans (we don’t have a football team down the bayou). Keep up with the good work.
May 2nd, 2005 at 6:03:58 pm
Also, no one watches CNN in the middle of the day and actually pays close attention. Are they really getting their news from blogs? How the mighty have fallen.
May 2nd, 2005 at 6:04:05 pm
Hmm, if a blog breaks a story, where would you suggest getting the news from?Your comment says nothing about CNN and a lot about your own personal prejudice against blogs.
May 2nd, 2005 at 6:05:14 pm
From the transcript:
And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the right-wing blogs who had mistaken the swift boat for a true story.
May 2nd, 2005 at 6:42:03 pm
Wow, so it was the real deal, congrats! Next time, when you make it onto Fox News, you’ll really know you hit it big. ;-)
May 2nd, 2005 at 7:17:17 pm
Actually, I was already mentioned on Fox News once, though not by name… and not in relation to the blog.
May 2nd, 2005 at 7:18:15 pm
Well CNN fouled up the essence of the story. Excerpts, truncated ~
TATTON: Some of these blogs offering commentary like that, some of them offering news, some of them offering satire. Here’s one of them. Theswiftreport.blogs.com. It has a satirical take on Laura Bush’s speech. “Conservative Christians not laughing at First Lady’s Comedy Act,” citing a fictional group, a conservative group that’s upset…a satirical post, but one that some people fell for.
SCHECHNER: They did. A lot of the bloggers on the right fell for it. “The Drudge Report,” not a blogger, but a lot of people know Matt Drudge and his news site — he fell for it, took the post down. James Joyner (ph) over at Outside the Beltway, Andrew Sullivan, among some of them…
…And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the right-wing blogs who had mistaken the swift boat for a true story.
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Whereas, Swiftboat Capting Loye had written ~
“…Some people, it seems, have so little respect for the intellectual integrity of the Right that they can’t spot completely obvious satire when it smacks them in the face. Memo to the Left (and everyone, really): If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
“Of course, there is a fair amount of absurdity on the Right. But not this absurd. C’mon, people.”
So, from Loye’s sound analysis CNN extracts that it was The Right Wing Blogs ~ namely Sullivan, Joyner, and Drudge who, they note, is Not a Blog ~ which have so little respect for their own intellectual integrity that they Fell en masse for the Blunder On The Right spoof.
May 2nd, 2005 at 7:27:07 pm
LOL :)
Also, in this particular context (social issues), Andrew Sullivan is definitely NOT a Right Wing Blog.
May 2nd, 2005 at 11:03:58 pm
Also, no one watches CNN in the middle of the day and actually pays close attention. Are they really getting their news from blogs? How the mighty have fallen.
May 2nd, 2005 at 11:04:05 pm
Hmm, if a blog breaks a story, where would you suggest getting the news from?Your comment says nothing about CNN and a lot about your own personal prejudice against blogs.
May 2nd, 2005 at 11:05:14 pm
From the <a href=”http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/02/ip.01.html”> transcript</a>:
And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the right-wing blogs who had mistaken the swift boat for a true story.
May 2nd, 2005 at 11:42:03 pm
Wow, so it was the real deal, congrats! Next time, when you make it onto Fox News, you’ll really know you hit it big. ;-)
May 3rd, 2005 at 12:17:17 am
Actually, I was already <a href=”http://www.brendanloy.com/blog/archives/008821.html”>mentioned on Fox News</a> once, though not by name… and not in relation to the blog.
May 3rd, 2005 at 12:18:15 am
Well CNN fouled up the essence of the story. Excerpts, truncated ~
TATTON: Some of these blogs offering commentary like that, some of them offering news, some of them offering satire. Here’s one of them. <b>Theswiftreport</b>.blogs.com. It has a satirical take on Laura Bush’s speech. “Conservative Christians not laughing at First Lady’s Comedy Act,” citing a fictional group, a conservative group that’s upset…a satirical post, but one that some people fell for.
SCHECHNER: They did. A lot of the <b>bloggers on the right fell for it</b>. “The Drudge Report,” not a blogger, but a lot of people know Matt Drudge and his news site — he fell for it, took the post down. James Joyner (ph) over at Outside the Beltway, Andrew Sullivan, among some of them…
…And before we go over to the next story — real quickly, I think I forgot to mention, it’s BrendanLoye.com (ph), the Irish trojan blog. He’s the guy who found a lot of the <b>right-wing blogs</b> who had mistaken <b>the swift boat</b> for a true story.
*************************************
Whereas, Swiftboat Capting Loye had written ~
“…Some people, it seems, have <b>so little respect for the intellectual integrity of the Right</b> that they can’t spot completely obvious satire when it smacks them in the face. <b>Memo to the Left</b> (and everyone, really): If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
“Of course, there is a fair amount of <b>absurdity on the Right</b>. But not this absurd. C’mon, people.”
So, from Loye’s sound analysis CNN extracts that it was <b>The Right Wing Blogs</b> ~ namely Sullivan, Joyner, and Drudge who, they note, is Not a Blog ~ which have so little respect for their own intellectual integrity that they Fell en masse for the Blunder On The Right spoof.
May 3rd, 2005 at 12:27:07 am
LOL :)
Also, in this particular context (social issues), Andrew Sullivan is definitely NOT a Right Wing Blog.
May 3rd, 2005 at 3:38:20 am
I saw your blog on CNN before I went to work. I was wondering why would someone called Irish Trojan. At first I thought you like to spread virus hence “Trojan Horse Virus” but then I saw your blog and understood why you mention Irish Trojan. I am not a big fan of the Irish or the Trojans. I am Alabama Football fan even though I graduated from the University of New Orleans (we don’t have a football team down the bayou). Keep up with the good work.
Slan Leat
Robert
May 3rd, 2005 at 8:38:20 am
I saw your blog on CNN before I went to work. I was wondering why would someone called Irish Trojan. At first I thought you like to spread virus hence “Trojan Horse Virus” but then I saw your blog and understood why you mention Irish Trojan. I am not a big fan of the Irish or the Trojans. I am Alabama Football fan even though I graduated from the University of New Orleans (we don’t have a football team down the bayou). Keep up with the good work.
Slan Leat
Robert
May 3rd, 2005 at 2:30:50 pm
Fight on! Roll Tide! :)
May 3rd, 2005 at 7:30:50 pm
Fight on! Roll Tide! :)
May 3rd, 2005 at 8:33:01 pm
“Roll Tide!”
I believe those were Mike Price’s last words as Alabama Head Coach as he was rolling and bouncing with those strippers.
May 3rd, 2005 at 10:11:12 pm
More like Roll-over Tide.
May 4th, 2005 at 1:33:01 am
<i>”Roll Tide!”</i>
I believe those were Mike Price’s last words as Alabama Head Coach as he was rolling and bouncing with those strippers.
May 4th, 2005 at 3:11:12 am
More like Roll-over Tide.
May 9th, 2005 at 3:14:56 am
Fuck Mike Price. The Bear Rules!
May 9th, 2005 at 8:14:56 am
Fuck Mike Price. The Bear Rules!