Reporters as Consultants Is a Bad Idea

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that this stuff exists in a thousand places already and do you not know that hundreds of ex reporters have been doing this for decades?
wake up please. this article should have been written thusly.
"abrams, out of work, decides to follow path hundreds of journalists have been taking for decades."
please
go to any big pr firm or big corporation and you'll find a former journalist.

Donald Bernk of PA 10:24AM November 22, 2008

We all dislike misogynists, at least those of us who are mentally healthy. Occasionally, though, we run across someone with the opposite problem, misandry (hatred of males). Erbe is one such individual. Case in point: take another look at her comment about Abrams and Maddow. Personally, as radio personalities, I like them both. I'm glad Rachel Maddow has a new show. But Erbe can't conceal her utter delight at taking a shot at Abrams--she's like a pig in a new pigpen, rolling with glee. It's contemptible.
I wonder if Erbe has any sense of how utterly unappealing and small she looks to the general public. Sorry, Bonnie, this drivel won't fly beyond the small and bitter readership that approves of this slop.

Tom A. of VT 12:50PM November 20, 2008

Many of members fo the press (too many) made their preference for Obama in the past election the centerpiece of their reporting on actual events. Chris Matthews, who I used find informative and interesting, turned into a meanspirited, middleage grump with a man-crush on Obama (yuck), and that's with Obama winning. Frankly, there is a lot more of John McCain's temperment in Matthews (sans any real courage or humor) than he thinks the public can see. I used to watch MSNBC (I was one of the very, very few who did) but no more. Matthews is just one of the media boot lickers who lost all professional appeal with their Omamadoration based coverage of the past election. Having failed to stand up to Bush until the public turned against him, now many of media resemble members of the O.J. Simpson acquittal jury. Everything Obama does will be perfect and when he fails in anything that will be blamed on everyone or anyone elese. Yeah, like maybe them for failing to be objective, and impartial and the media wonders why many of the voters rally around politicians who diss the "media". Tim Russert, we miss you so much!

Donna of NJ 12:20PM November 20, 2008