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Well, I've been looking around for the meaning of my name and found this discussion and I think it is... [MORE] |
Aliki |
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I wonder at that American anti-liberals, as they call for patriotism and support for the Iraq war, seem to take... [MORE] |
donald |
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I've been reading the Drudge Report for years and I came to the same conclusion as you. It appears to... [MORE] |
Patrick J. Naughton |
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In general, most people consider the printed word as 'truth' without first considering the source of the information. "I read... [MORE] |
Al Guittard |
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Your assertion about your Latin-sounding given name interested me. I knew "veritas" is Latin for "truth." So I searched for... [MORE] |
Maveline |
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In actuality, the name αληθεια means the truth, or the English of ALETHEA. Have you ever considered how the... [MORE] |
Hans H Nahme |
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I log on to Drudge about three time a day, where this story appeared. Most of the time I read... [MORE] |
Richard Rothstein |
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Drudge has been my home page for almost as long as I can remember. Actually, it is not Drudge I... [MORE] |
C. Wayne Lammers |
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As a Drudge Reader before it became the central source of stories, I can attest to the fact that Drudge... [MORE] |
5 Year Drudge Reader |
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It is so rewarding that a reporter , Alicia Colon , has the " guts " to tell it like... [MORE] |
burwell |
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Drudge website throws out what he calls the news of the day. The theme of his website is challenging to... [MORE] |
Walter |
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Great piece. Agreed with all (most). You make an interesting piont than Drudge may be aiding abetting the NYT.. I... [MORE] |
Jim Johnson |
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Ms. Colon wrote, "But mendacity pays in this town, whose residents survived the worst attack on this country in history... [MORE] |
Kenneth E. Lamb |
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Loved your article. Please do more on this subject. People need to understand the danger our country is in. Tks. [MORE] |
Jerry Adams |
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Ms. Cohen, I your article you state that Drudge gets 13 million hits a day, please understand that is not... [MORE] |
Bruce Haedrich |
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I stopped reading the Drudge report a while ago as it has become the National Enquirer version of the NYT;... [MORE] |
Michael B Babbitt |
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DRUDGE IS NOT A LIBERAL! Though I am sad to say it, and i assure you it would be to... [MORE] |
Eli |
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I was astonished to read Alicia Colon's claim that "Studies have shown that the readership of the Times is down... [MORE] |
Richard Gallagher |
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Good article. One correction of fact. Alicia does NOT mean truth. Alethea mens truth. Alicia means "of noble kin" Thank You [MORE] |
Ted Hionis |
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Hon, Alicia doesn't mean "truth." [MORE] |
alethia verity |
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Dear Alicia, Thank you for you a well reasoned, well argued column. I am familiar with your columns, as I am... [MORE] |
Ginny |
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I took the rocky mountain news for forty years. I quit when it became clear they were nothing but a... [MORE] |
robert ranney |
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Thank you, Alicia, for speaking truth to power...the New York Times and Drudge. [MORE] |
Tom |
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-- "Don't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see" -- is still the watchword of the... [MORE] |
JD Williams |
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Alicia, While I agree with your premise entirely, I do believe you are not getting what the Drudge Report is about.... [MORE] |
Mike |
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Bravo pip pip and all that. I have noticed the same thing about The Drudge Report. Drudge does not have... [MORE] |
steve Williams |
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Bravo, when the truth is the latest and greatest corpse, laid out by the mainstream media, in this ongoing war,... [MORE] |
Brian |
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A truly incredible article. I have bookmarked the page with your articles and will be visiting frequently. Thank you. Mike [MORE] |
Mike |
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Dear Alicia, I found your article interesting. Some of the conservative journalists and commentators spend too much time fretting over the... [MORE] |
Mike |
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Just to make it clear, I am pretty sure that drudge almost unfailingly highlights quotations that would be construed as... [MORE] |
mg |
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No it doesn't! [MORE] |
Peter |
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What a wonderful analysis of the Old, and some new, media by Alicia Colon. As for The New York Times, l... [MORE] |
Ken Bond |
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Has it occured to anyone that Drudge may be posting these liberal headlines as more or less of a "hey,... [MORE] |
Mighty Quinn |
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Hi Alicia, Thank you for your article. It's nice to know that there are those in the media that are trying... [MORE] |
RMG |
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Dear Alicia, There may be some language (you didn't say which one) in which your name means "truth." But believe me,... [MORE] |
Art Mofodopoulis |
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Hip Hip Hooray !!!! I LOVE this article ! It is sooooo true. What I can't figure out is what... [MORE] |
Mary Jane Washnock |
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I am absolutely amazed by the comments of Alicia Colon. As I read I began to wonder if, perhaps, I... [MORE] |
Michael Douglas |
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Well done. [MORE] |
Mike C. Sheldon |
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Hello Alicia, Thanks for the indepth article about the "enemedia" and Drudge. I do feel Drudge is aware of what he... [MORE] |
Larry |
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I'm sure President Bush would love for his low approval ratings to be the fault of Matt Drudge. Unfortunately for... [MORE] |
Dave |
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Alicia, while I agree with your take on the bias in the media, I somewhat disagree with your take on... [MORE] |
Kevin |
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Thank you Alicia Colon, your article on the badly biased, untruthful media is excellent--and so is the SUN, which I... [MORE] |
Jean F. Tousignant |
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Alicia Colon, You need to be in an office in Washington. Like Secretary of Defence, or State, even dare I say President. You... [MORE] |
Steven Rago |
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unbelievable. i am both astounded and sickened that there are actually people like you who hold the following warmongering view:... [MORE] |
alfredo |
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Dear Ms. Colon, I read with interest your article concerning mendacity in media, The New York Times and The Drudge Report.... [MORE] |
Arnold Rothlein |
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to a common-sense columnist who tells it straight up. WOW. We'd never see your article in our local dailies ...... [MORE] |
SallyG |
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Alica (truth) Oh it was love at first read. If I was not already taken I would be smitten... [MORE] |
Clint G |
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Amen - your last sentence says it all. [MORE] |
Bob Medvesky |
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My three primary news portals are, in order:1 Drudge Report2 NewsMax3 WorldNetDaily Beats me how you can see Drudge as being... [MORE] |
Vince Swanson |
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It never dawned on me that Drudge may showcase the liberal line, and that it all depends on the reader's... [MORE] |
Ted |
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The is the best summation what has happend in our country . Truth is a dead virtue. It gets worse... [MORE] |
Roger H. Cook,MD |
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It is remarkable that Bush's failures are attributed to everything but the real reasons by Ms. Colon. It is not... [MORE] |
Simpleton |
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Ms. Colon's piece, The Mendacity of the Liberal Press, is so breathlessly paranoid as to seem a parody. I notice,... [MORE] |
David S |
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Your article says: "[The Drudge Report] gives top billing to every possible negative statement about the Iraq war and the... [MORE] |
Stop the spin |
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Can Ms. Colon truly believe that Matt Drudge is a good example of the "enemedia" (a great insult, if you're... [MORE] |
Jeff D. |
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I look at Drufge dialy. I often feel that somethig isn't quite correct with articles there, but I needed a... [MORE] |
joe |
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I enjoyed this column very much. I, too, have been surprised and annoyed at some of the postings on Drudge.... [MORE] |
Martha Hamby |
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Yes, we have been warned, but not by the lamestream media who whore themselves at any mendacious whim for the... [MORE] |
Marvin Galloway |
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Excellent article, Alicia! Is the New York Sun a liberal paper and you are their token conservative, or what? I... [MORE] |
A. Adams |
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You write: My patience with the Drudge Report ended when I saw a photo of Frank Rich of the Times posted... [MORE] |
W. Kern Hendricks |
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I'm glad that Drudge puts up the liberal clap trap. I certainly wouldn't take time to go to the NYT... [MORE] |
Wm. Schmidt |
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Dear Alicia It's about time that someone pointed out the liberal tilt of Matt D. The solution: make Lucianne.com the home page... [MORE] |
John Jay Daly |
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Alicia, thanks , Drudge is gone from my list, but truth tellers are to few in the media. [MORE] |
Lon Slaughter |
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Alicia, I would just like to say thank you. That was a very refreshing read. If more people don't realise that... [MORE] |
Rob |
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This article is, to say the least, pretty funny! So, is Alicia trying to say that the Pope read a... [MORE] |
Oscar |
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Good morning Ms. Colon, There was another term conceived by an LDotter... (Lucianne.com), and that's "Presstitute," what an apt moniker for... [MORE] |
General Patton |
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If you wanted to actually write a fair editorial, you would have at least done some research. This would have... [MORE] |
Jon Park |
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... or explain what is meant by it beyond the scope of, "critical of the Bush administration"? I wonder if Alicia... [MORE] |
Justin |
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Call me a fool, but the Drudge Report is everything but a 'liberal website'. When it "posts articles from left-of-center... [MORE] |
Mark Pfister |
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We are bombarded by sensationalistic half truths that pass for news, every day. Facts are not checked, polls are slanted,... [MORE] |
Giancarlo Croce |
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There ya go Alicia , someone had to finally tell them. [MORE] |
Ratt |
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I thought writers were supposed to be aware of the subtleties of language. She doesn't understand that Drudge is a... [MORE] |
SkippyFlipjack |
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Alicia kicks butt -- again! [MORE] |
William Naegele |
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Kudos to Ms. Colon on her article concerning the mendacity of the press and the Drudge Report. I used to... [MORE] |
William Jones |
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Ms. Colon hits the nail on the head with this article, especially the last paragraph. That's all there is. Those... [MORE] |
Kathy Wheeldon |
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I'm not sure if Ms. Colon is making fun of the Groseclose study purporting to show how left-wing Drudge is... |
Ralph in Atlanta |
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I have enjoyed reading your work since I discovered it about a year ago, however, sometimes it is difficult to... [MORE] |
Lee Eldridge |
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"If it were not for the Internet and Lucianne Goldberg's Web news forum, I would never learn the truth behind... [MORE] |
R.R. Butler |
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Alicia, although viewership for Fox News still leads that of MSNBC, the ratings for Fox are trending down and those... [MORE] |
F. V. Wolfran |
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Trending up? Use these numbers as examples. MSNBC trends up from 1 user to 2. FOX goes from 100000 to... [MORE] |
rpk |
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I appreciate Drudge because he amplifies the Times indescretions. Without him, I would have never found Lucianne. I personally consider... [MORE] |
Victor Kippes |
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Alicia- Most of your points here are well-taken. The NYT, the AP, and the rest of them simply cannot be trusted... [MORE] |
Stephen Henry |
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It is nice to read someone with the same take on the the press - and Drudge in particular, as... [MORE] |
Robin Fish |
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There is little chance that we can win the battle against Terrorism unless we can win the battle against those... [MORE] |
Mary Kay Smedstad |
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Alicia is one of the few non-fiction writers in the modern day media. In fact, I would say she is... [MORE] |
Larry C Richardson |
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The seduction of becoming an accepted celebrity within the MSM is great. Most conservative news commentators who become popular eventually... [MORE] |
D. Reid |
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Ms. Colon: I found it remarkable that you and I share the same memory of the first time we heard the... [MORE] |
Lester H. Arbo Jr. |
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Bravo. You keep warning them! You continue to amaze me with your ability to cut through the crap and say... [MORE] |
Donna Stadler |
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Their is always a possibility your opinion about Drudge is correct, but I read Drudge's left-of-center postings to laugh at... [MORE] |
Bob Jentges |
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What would we do without YOU! Thanks for truth in media. [MORE] |
Fern Rossi |
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Alicia, so glad to read your comments about Drudge. We know about the liberal msm, but Drudge was supposed to... [MORE] |
erp |
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WELL WRITTEN. THANKS [MORE] |
Bruce Gordon |
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I began reading Ms. Colon's column a coup[le of months ago. She is now one of my heroines(oop! I wrote... [MORE] |
joe macdougall |
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