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« on: May 24, 2015, 01:33:30 AM »
« edited: May 24, 2015, 01:40:57 AM by Adam T »

I'm not a big fan of the term 'dick' but it comes from Jon Stewart's smackdown of Tucker Carlson:
" After Carlson told Stewart "I think you're more fun on your show", Stewart replied by saying: "You know what's interesting though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show."

Stewart was referring to:
1.Partisan columnists using half truths or worse (though rarely outright lies, not intentionally anyway) to smear their opponents.
2.Supposedly non partisan journalists playing up sensationalist mostly meaningless stories rather than news that actually matters to people, or playing up sensationalist angles on stories where a more thoughtful analysis would be helpful.

To start I nominate
1.Washington Post hack Michael Gerson for the first definition.
2.No American will have heard of him but, Vancouver Province columnist (and occasional CKNW radio show host) sleaze ball Michael Smyth for the second definition.

For the completely opposite 'non dick' award (I can come up with a couple better names, but they'd probably be even less acceptable here than 'dick' probably is) I nominate another person no American will have heard of, Vancouver Sun Political columnist Vaughn Palmer.
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2015, 01:37:36 AM »

Most of them. Journalists are often partisans who care little for truly accurate reporting and either strech the truth or outright lie.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2015, 02:09:44 AM »

Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity are the perfect examples of the first.
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2015, 03:18:03 AM »

Chuck Todd. I hate his stupid face.
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2015, 03:40:58 AM »

Obviously, the Hitchens brothers and Piers Morgan. Looking back, HL Mencken as well.
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2015, 03:54:27 AM »

Pretty much all of the beltway media. They let Bush steal the 2000 election in broad daylight. They let Bush go unchallenged for over a year after he failed to prevent 9/11. They beat the drums of war for the Iraq war. They made the ObamaCare website problems seem like the biggest scandal ever. They failed to report much on TPP.
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2015, 03:58:44 AM »

Pretty much all media personalities no matter what partisan background including John Steward. They're all self centred priggs in love with their own mirror, who care mostly about selling a message.
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2015, 04:29:50 AM »

Obviously, the Hitchens brothers and Piers Morgan. Looking back, HL Mencken as well.

The America's Got Talent guy is a journalist?
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2015, 09:05:34 AM »

Surprised nobody's mentioned Bill Maher yet.
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2015, 10:30:26 AM »

We're conflating commentators and journalists. Then again, so has society as a whole.
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2015, 12:19:47 PM »

Obviously, the Hitchens brothers and Piers Morgan. Looking back, HL Mencken as well.

The America's Got Talent guy is a journalist?

Yes, he used to edit the Daily Mirror and has had major roles in the Murdoch rags and the U.S. version of MailOnline. i could have also nominated a huge ream of similar UK turds (Kelvin MacKenzie, Richard Littlepenis, Johann Hari, the numerous TERFs the Guardian employs merely to annoy people, Melanie Phillips, Ian Hislop, James Delingpole, Brendan O'Neill, Liz Jones, Paul Staines, Max Hastings etc.)
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2015, 12:21:27 PM »

On the left:  Bill Maher
On the right:  Bill O'Reilly
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2015, 12:22:38 PM »

Bill O'Reilly, wife beating scumbag.
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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2015, 12:22:57 PM »

Hannity is obviously a huge prick
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« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2015, 12:23:39 PM »

Yes, he used to edit the Daily Mirror

A post that he was fired from for faking photos of British soldiers urinating on Iraqi prisoners. It was actually a couple of people with military fatigues and a water bottle.

I understand that all of the British newspapers that the universally loved and respected Mr Moron worked for have been proven to have hacked phones.
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« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2015, 02:27:52 PM »

We're conflating commentators and journalists. Then again, so has society as a whole.

I actually made a clear distinction between the two in my original post.
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« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2015, 02:56:29 PM »

On the left:  Bill Maher
On the right:  Bill O'Reilly
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« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2015, 03:31:11 PM »

He's really the worst.
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« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2015, 04:28:18 PM »

Bill Maher isn't a journalist. I doubt he can even be called a political commentator.
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« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2015, 05:15:00 PM »

Tweety Chris Matthews.
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« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2015, 08:57:34 PM »

Lawrence O'Donnell is a real jerk.
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« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2015, 12:28:05 AM »

On the left:  Bill Maher
On the right:  Bill O'Reilly

This, seriously. Dick vs Dick!

Bill O'Reilly has really gotten up there as in jerkishness over the years. He talks over everyone and thinks he knows whats right for everyone. Bill Maher just insults anyone that disagrees with him.
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« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2015, 12:37:21 PM »

On the left:  Bill Maher
On the right:  Bill O'Reilly

This, seriously. Dick vs Dick!

Bill O'Reilly has really gotten up there as in jerkishness over the years. He talks over everyone and thinks he knows whats right for everyone. Bill Maher just insults anyone that disagrees with him.
Bill O'Reilly is the only one in the industry that can somehow get away with cutting off people's mics he doesn't agree with. It's the ultimate dick move.
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« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2015, 02:17:52 PM »

Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Lawrence O'Donnell, just about every member of the WH Press Pool, etc.
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« Reply #24 on: May 25, 2015, 02:19:09 PM »

Chris Matthews and Lou Dobbs are equally colossal dicks.
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