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Submitted by General Patton, Dec 15, 2006 12:43

Good morning Ms. Colon,

There was another term conceived by an LDotter... (Lucianne.com), and that's "Presstitute," what an apt moniker for the whores of the fourth estate Babylon (Note: "Babylon" is any place of sin and corruption.)

It's no wonder the MSM advertising revenue, readership/viewers, ratings are in an alarming freefall, the AP, NYT, WAPO and alphabet networks routinely fabricate stories or distort facts to manipulate opinion augmented by "anonymous sources."

Editor& Publisher released a poll on the most admired professions; the results clearly demonstrated that "most" American's have concluded the media is corrupt and dishonest; rating their popularity at twenty four percent, just above the first oldest profession, congressmen, (Senate 17%, House 16%) salesman 6% and telemarketers 3%).

One interesting note however, the Demoncrats polled trusted the accuracy of media by five to one over Republican respondents...witness November 7, 2006 election returns and stand by for the resulting collapse of America as you knew and loved her in more nationalistic and conservative times (80's).

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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	Mar 13, 2008 07:12
I wonder at that American anti-liberals, as they call for patriotism and support for the Iraq war, seem to take... [MORE]	donald	Dec 18, 2006 22:19
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	Dec 17, 2006 12:26
In general, most people consider the printed word as 'truth' without first considering the source of the information. "I read... [MORE]	Al Guittard	Aug 3, 2007 15:03
Your assertion about your Latin-sounding given name interested me. I knew "veritas" is Latin for "truth." So I searched for... [MORE]	Maveline	Dec 16, 2006 15:58
In actuality, the name αληθεια means the truth, or the English of ALETHEA. Have you ever considered how the... [MORE]	Hans H Nahme	Dec 16, 2006 15:51
I log on to Drudge about three time a day, where this story appeared. Most of the time I read... [MORE]	Richard Rothstein	Dec 16, 2006 14:00
Drudge has been my home page for almost as long as I can remember. Actually, it is not Drudge I... [MORE]	C. Wayne Lammers	Dec 16, 2006 13:52
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	Dec 16, 2006 11:34
It is so rewarding that a reporter , Alicia Colon , has the " guts " to tell it like... [MORE]	burwell	Dec 16, 2006 09:46
Drudge website throws out what he calls the news of the day. The theme of his website is challenging to... [MORE]	Walter	Dec 16, 2006 09:43
Great piece. Agreed with all (most). You make an interesting piont than Drudge may be aiding abetting the NYT.. I... [MORE]	Jim Johnson	Dec 16, 2006 09:29
Ms. Colon wrote, "But mendacity pays in this town, whose residents survived the worst attack on this country in history... [MORE]	Kenneth E. Lamb	Dec 16, 2006 09:02
Loved your article. Please do more on this subject. People need to understand the danger our country is in. Tks. [MORE]	Jerry Adams	Dec 16, 2006 08:44
Ms. Cohen, I your article you state that Drudge gets 13 million hits a day, please understand that is not... [MORE]	Bruce Haedrich	Dec 16, 2006 08:26
I stopped reading the Drudge report a while ago as it has become the National Enquirer version of the NYT;... [MORE]	Michael B Babbitt	Dec 16, 2006 04:02
DRUDGE IS NOT A LIBERAL! Though I am sad to say it, and i assure you it would be to... [MORE]	Eli	Dec 16, 2006 02:54
I was astonished to read Alicia Colon's claim that "Studies have shown that the readership of the Times is down... [MORE]	Richard Gallagher	Dec 16, 2006 02:40
Good article. One correction of fact. Alicia does NOT mean truth. Alethea mens truth. Alicia means "of noble kin" Thank You [MORE]	Ted Hionis	Dec 15, 2006 23:50
Hon, Alicia doesn't mean "truth." [MORE]	alethia verity	Dec 15, 2006 23:35
Dear Alicia, Thank you for you a well reasoned, well argued column. I am familiar with your columns, as I am... [MORE]	Ginny	Dec 15, 2006 22:52
I took the rocky mountain news for forty years. I quit when it became clear they were nothing but a... [MORE]	robert ranney	Dec 15, 2006 22:21
Thank you, Alicia, for speaking truth to power...the New York Times and Drudge. [MORE]	Tom	Dec 15, 2006 22:12
-- "Don't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see" -- is still the watchword of the... [MORE]	JD Williams	Dec 15, 2006 22:11
Alicia, While I agree with your premise entirely, I do believe you are not getting what the Drudge Report is about.... [MORE]	Mike	Dec 15, 2006 21:31
Bravo pip pip and all that. I have noticed the same thing about The Drudge Report. Drudge does not have... [MORE]	steve Williams	Dec 15, 2006 21:28
Bravo, when the truth is the latest and greatest corpse, laid out by the mainstream media, in this ongoing war,... [MORE]	Brian	Dec 15, 2006 21:19
A truly incredible article. I have bookmarked the page with your articles and will be visiting frequently. Thank you. Mike [MORE]	Mike	Dec 15, 2006 21:07
Dear Alicia, I found your article interesting. Some of the conservative journalists and commentators spend too much time fretting over the... [MORE]	Mike	Dec 15, 2006 20:58
Just to make it clear, I am pretty sure that drudge almost unfailingly highlights quotations that would be construed as... [MORE]	mg	Dec 15, 2006 20:57
No it doesn't! [MORE]	Peter	Dec 15, 2006 20:48
What a wonderful analysis of the Old, and some new, media by Alicia Colon. As for The New York Times, l... [MORE]	Ken Bond	Dec 15, 2006 20:32
Has it occured to anyone that Drudge may be posting these liberal headlines as more or less of a "hey,... [MORE]	Mighty Quinn	Dec 15, 2006 20:24
Hi Alicia, Thank you for your article. It's nice to know that there are those in the media that are trying... [MORE]	RMG	Dec 15, 2006 19:34
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	Dec 15, 2006 19:26
Hip Hip Hooray !!!! I LOVE this article ! It is sooooo true. What I can't figure out is what... [MORE]	Mary Jane Washnock	Dec 15, 2006 18:56
I am absolutely amazed by the comments of Alicia Colon. As I read I began to wonder if, perhaps, I... [MORE]	Michael Douglas	Dec 15, 2006 18:30
Well done. [MORE]	Mike C. Sheldon	Dec 15, 2006 18:11
Hello Alicia, Thanks for the indepth article about the "enemedia" and Drudge. I do feel Drudge is aware of what he... [MORE]	Larry	Dec 15, 2006 18:01
I'm sure President Bush would love for his low approval ratings to be the fault of Matt Drudge. Unfortunately for... [MORE]	Dave	Dec 15, 2006 17:59
Alicia, while I agree with your take on the bias in the media, I somewhat disagree with your take on... [MORE]	Kevin	Dec 15, 2006 17:46
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	Dec 15, 2006 17:41
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	Dec 15, 2006 17:39
unbelievable. i am both astounded and sickened that there are actually people like you who hold the following warmongering view:... [MORE]	alfredo	Dec 15, 2006 17:29
Dear Ms. Colon, I read with interest your article concerning mendacity in media, The New York Times and The Drudge Report.... [MORE]	Arnold Rothlein	Dec 15, 2006 16:44
to a common-sense columnist who tells it straight up. WOW. We'd never see your article in our local dailies ...... [MORE]	SallyG	Dec 15, 2006 16:43
Alica (truth) Oh it was love at first read. If I was not already taken I would be smitten... [MORE]	Clint G	Dec 15, 2006 16:38
Amen - your last sentence says it all. [MORE]	Bob Medvesky	Dec 15, 2006 16:25
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	Dec 15, 2006 16:23
It never dawned on me that Drudge may showcase the liberal line, and that it all depends on the reader's... [MORE]	Ted	Dec 15, 2006 16:10
The is the best summation what has happend in our country . Truth is a dead virtue. It gets worse... [MORE]	Roger H. Cook,MD	Dec 15, 2006 16:02
It is remarkable that Bush's failures are attributed to everything but the real reasons by Ms. Colon. It is not... [MORE]	Simpleton	Dec 15, 2006 15:32
Ms. Colon's piece, The Mendacity of the Liberal Press, is so breathlessly paranoid as to seem a parody. I notice,... [MORE]	David S	Dec 15, 2006 15:16
Your article says: "[The Drudge Report] gives top billing to every possible negative statement about the Iraq war and the... [MORE]	Stop the spin	Dec 15, 2006 14:54
Can Ms. Colon truly believe that Matt Drudge is a good example of the "enemedia" (a great insult, if you're... [MORE]	Jeff D.	Dec 15, 2006 14:38
I look at Drufge dialy. I often feel that somethig isn't quite correct with articles there, but I needed a... [MORE]	joe	Dec 15, 2006 14:15
I enjoyed this column very much. I, too, have been surprised and annoyed at some of the postings on Drudge.... [MORE]	Martha Hamby	Dec 15, 2006 14:09
Yes, we have been warned, but not by the lamestream media who whore themselves at any mendacious whim for the... [MORE]	Marvin Galloway	Dec 15, 2006 14:03
Excellent article, Alicia! Is the New York Sun a liberal paper and you are their token conservative, or what? I... [MORE]	A. Adams	Dec 15, 2006 13:59
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	Dec 15, 2006 13:40
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	Dec 15, 2006 13:35
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	Dec 15, 2006 13:02
Alicia, thanks , Drudge is gone from my list, but truth tellers are to few in the media. [MORE]	Lon Slaughter	Dec 15, 2006 12:50
Alicia, I would just like to say thank you. That was a very refreshing read. If more people don't realise that... [MORE]	Rob	Dec 15, 2006 12:47
This article is, to say the least, pretty funny! So, is Alicia trying to say that the Pope read a... [MORE]	Oscar	Dec 15, 2006 12:44
Good morning Ms. Colon, There was another term conceived by an LDotter... (Lucianne.com), and that's "Presstitute," what an apt moniker for...	General Patton	Dec 15, 2006 12:43
If you wanted to actually write a fair editorial, you would have at least done some research. This would have... [MORE]	Jon Park	Dec 15, 2006 12:31
... or explain what is meant by it beyond the scope of, "critical of the Bush administration"? I wonder if Alicia... [MORE]	Justin	Dec 15, 2006 12:30
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	Dec 15, 2006 12:25
We are bombarded by sensationalistic half truths that pass for news, every day. Facts are not checked, polls are slanted,... [MORE]	Giancarlo Croce	Dec 15, 2006 12:09
There ya go Alicia , someone had to finally tell them. [MORE]	Ratt	Dec 15, 2006 11:51
I thought writers were supposed to be aware of the subtleties of language. She doesn't understand that Drudge is a... [MORE]	SkippyFlipjack	Dec 15, 2006 11:50
Alicia kicks butt -- again! [MORE]	William Naegele	Dec 15, 2006 11:48
Kudos to Ms. Colon on her article concerning the mendacity of the press and the Drudge Report. I used to... [MORE]	William Jones	Dec 15, 2006 11:39
Ms. Colon hits the nail on the head with this article, especially the last paragraph. That's all there is. Those... [MORE]	Kathy Wheeldon	Dec 15, 2006 11:37
I'm not sure if Ms. Colon is making fun of the Groseclose study purporting to show how left-wing Drudge is... [MORE]	Ralph in Atlanta	Dec 15, 2006 11:11
I have enjoyed reading your work since I discovered it about a year ago, however, sometimes it is difficult to... [MORE]	Lee Eldridge	Dec 15, 2006 11:10
"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	Dec 15, 2006 11:01
Alicia, although viewership for Fox News still leads that of MSNBC, the ratings for Fox are trending down and those... [MORE]	F. V. Wolfran	Dec 15, 2006 11:01
Trending up? Use these numbers as examples. MSNBC trends up from 1 user to 2. FOX goes from 100000 to... [MORE]	rpk	Nov 8, 2007 00:30
I appreciate Drudge because he amplifies the Times indescretions. Without him, I would have never found Lucianne. I personally consider... [MORE]	Victor Kippes	Dec 15, 2006 10:57
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	Dec 15, 2006 10:53
It is nice to read someone with the same take on the the press - and Drudge in particular, as... [MORE]	Robin Fish	Dec 15, 2006 10:36
There is little chance that we can win the battle against Terrorism unless we can win the battle against those... [MORE]	Mary Kay Smedstad	Dec 15, 2006 10:26
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	Dec 15, 2006 10:21
The seduction of becoming an accepted celebrity within the MSM is great. Most conservative news commentators who become popular eventually... [MORE]	D. Reid	Dec 15, 2006 10:05
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.	Dec 15, 2006 09:59
Bravo. You keep warning them! You continue to amaze me with your ability to cut through the crap and say... [MORE]	Donna Stadler	Dec 15, 2006 09:40
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	Dec 15, 2006 09:34
What would we do without YOU! Thanks for truth in media. [MORE]	Fern Rossi	Dec 15, 2006 09:33
Alicia, so glad to read your comments about Drudge. We know about the liberal msm, but Drudge was supposed to... [MORE]	erp	Dec 15, 2006 09:04
WELL WRITTEN. THANKS [MORE]	Bruce Gordon	Dec 15, 2006 08:16
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	Dec 15, 2006 08:13

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