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Home Front: Culture Wars
WaPo I: Graham Crackers
2013-08-09
by Mark Steyn
Read the whole thing. Delicious.

From TFA:
The reaction of Post staffers to the stunning news that the Graham dynasty has gone the way of the Habsburgs and Romanovs, not to mention the Shah family of Nepal,
Goodness. Somebody is taking themselves a good deal too seriously.
is a good example of how American "journalists" destroyed their own business. Ruth Marcus, with exquisite lack of self-awareness, pens a paean to her own grief at the fall of the monarchy: How great were the Grahams? Why, Ruth's book group selected Mrs Graham's autobiography to read, and Ruth summoned up the courage to ask Mrs Graham if she'd kindly consider the possibility of deigning to grace them with her presence while they discussed how marvelous her book was, and Mrs Graham's assistant called back to say that that week didn't work, but she could do the following week! Amazing!

Through good times and bad, and it has mattered most in the bad times, the Graham family has understood itself as having been entrusted with the care of a special institution.

That's the problem right there. A newspaper is not an "institution," and its proprietors are not curators. It exists in the present tense, reborn every dawn. A good example of the ossification that occurs when you think of yourself as Ruth Marcus does is her opening paragraph.
Posted by:badanov

#11  You mean there is no limit beyond which they won't go?

The problem with this bon mot when applied to these vermin is that the implication that they object to the means.

These vile things (can't think of a real animal low enough) revel in the most gruesome, ghastly and perverted means of achieving their ends.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-08-09 16:37  

#10  You mean there is no limit beyond which they won't go?

The problem with this bon mot when applied to these vermin is that the implication that they object to the means.

These vile things (can't think of a real animal low enough) revel in the most gruesome, ghastly and perverted means of achieving their ends.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-08-09 16:35  

#9  You mean there is no limit beyond which they won't go?

By any means necessary, the end justifies the means. Never forget this. We have to stop playing by the rules they make for us. We need to be ruthless and determined.
Posted by: Eohippus Scourge of the Platypi2917   2013-08-09 14:18  

#8  "You mean there is no limit beyond which they won't go?"

Well, duh.
Posted by: Barbara   2013-08-09 13:33  

#7  You mean there is no limit beyond which they won't go?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-08-09 12:46  

#6  g(r)om, you may be right about Beso's estimation of their intelligence. But, I'm sure he's right about their capacity for duplicitous evil.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-08-09 12:20  

#5  You giving these people too much credit for intelligence & foresight, Besoeker.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-08-09 11:53  

#4  I sometimes wonder if Palin was brought on the McShame ticket to do nothing more than to destroy her as a potential political threat.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-08-09 11:51  

#3  Sorry TW. I've been a 'burger for almost that long, not to mention a 'punditeer and an EU Ref dude.

We the peasants are muttering but I haven't seen much rising. The treatment of Palin et al by the aristocracy, whether Rino, Demo or bureaucrat, has not yet been effected.

I just hope I live long enough, I'm keeping my pitchfork sharp, just in case.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-08-09 11:38  

#2  How long will the aristocracy last before the peasants rise?

We've been doing that right here at Rantburg since 9/12/2001, AlanC. The bloggers, agglomerators like Drudge Report, and professionals like The Blaze and PJ Media are the new media outlets who are replacing the traditional outlets like The Washington Post, et al.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-08-09 11:02  

#1  Courtiers at Versailles attendent on their Sun King.

How long will the aristocracy last before the peasants rise?
Posted by: AlanC   2013-08-09 07:55  

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