Yesterday, fresh on the heels of officially announcing CBS defector Betsy Morgan as HuffPo’s new CEO, Arianna Huffington delivered the keynote address at The Webby Awards and managed to promote new media (specifically the Huffington Post) as the wave of the future while slamming everything from the New York Times to Bob Schrum (”Schrum lost the Al Gore campaign and he was rehired to lose the the Kerry campaign.”) Some of the highlights!
“The Huffington Post has more stringent fact-checking than the New York Times.”
“[MSNBC has] become the network of blondes covering missing blondes.”
“Every story does not have to have two sides. That’s bullshit.”
“Political ads still look like the 1950s because the consultants are from the 1950s.”
And, of course, our personal favorite, Arianna’s thoughts on the meaninglessness of political polls: “It’s just bored and lonely Americans who have nothing better to do at dinner than talk to pollsters for no money.”
Even crazier? Those bored and lonely Americans also happen to constitute the majority of HuffPo’s readership! Or, at least, they used to.
No. 1
Mr. T says:
Not sure if I’d call the Huffington Post unbiased. It is pretty left leaning and a Bush bashing web site. The news isn’t exactly as fresh as other web sites.
Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 4:56 pm
No. 2
Seth Thomas says:
Huh. I found Jossip through a substantially front-and-center link on the (always-daily-read) HuffPo site. Won’t bother to come by again, since you obviously have some cranium/anal orifice issues.
Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 6:48 pm
No. 3
jim says:
THE HUFFINGTON POST IS NOT COOL
From the Huff Post ( Snow joining Cnn, Apr 21 08)
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Ms. Clinton is the only one that can carry the Progressive banner. We cannot go with a black man, if it weren’t for the good fortune of being brought to America this is the type of person they are:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/344033/
Posted: Apr 21, 2008 at 11:20 pm