12.11.2009

Greg Mitchell's Editor & Publisher bites the dust

Yesterday brought the news of the death of Editor & Publisher, a 100-year-old news industry journal.

Where have we heard about E&P recently? Oh yeah, when its editor Greg Mitchell wrote an arrogant and oblivious defense of John Edwards' marital fidelity and trashing of the National Enquirer's reporting, then disappeared his embarrassing column down the memory hole.

The National Enquirer had the story nailed, and survives today. The arrogant Mitchell's E&P doesn't. Maybe if Editor and Publisher had practiced real journalism like the National Enquirer does, it would still be around.

Good riddance.

UPDATE: Ed Driscoll has found what appears to be the full text of Mitchell's Edwards post, copied contemporaneously into a comment on Godlike Productions. It lines up with this contemporaneous partial post on Yahoo Buzz.
In a shocking update, The National Enquirer is reporting today that not only do John Edwards and Rielle Hunter have a "love child," their secret baby has two heads and may have been produced when the couple was kidnapped by aliens last year and taken to a UFO in the backwoods of North Carolina.

The tabloid says it has obtained proof, in the form of pictures of the baby, who reportedly has unusually large googly eyes. But the paper has not yet released the pictures. It promises "updates."

Edwards and Hunter have not denied the story, lending credence to the report. The fact that the bombshell emerged with the release of the new X-Files movie also adds to its credibility, some claim.

Charges from conservatives and blogosphere that the press has a double standard in not reporting on the "love child" are sure to now grow. Some have already pointed to the massive coverage of Sen. Larry Craig's scandal last year -- and he doesn't even have any children with an alien pedigree (although it has been said that Craig himself often let his own "second head" lead him astray).

The Los Angeles Times has ordered its bloggers to ignore the bombshell, proving the media conspiracy. Slate has covered it but says it stands ready to apologize if it doesn't pan out.

The alien visitation was allegedly arranged by a mutual friend of Edwards, Hunter and the visitors.

Edwards' aides are reportedly "spitting mad and furious" about the revelation. It is certain to doom his chance for the vice-presidential nod on an Obama ticket.
Yes, the National Enquirer has a history as a trashy tabloid. It's a shame that Greg Mitchell and the rest of the groupthinkers in the "respectable" press have abandoned the practice of journalism and left it to the likes of the National Enquirer and bloggers.

2 comments:

ubu roi said...

Greg Mitchell likes John Edwards, John Edwards likes Greg Mitchell, and both of them like to drink cocktails in nice clubs and at exclusive dinner parties. Last call, fellas

Anonymous said...

Greg Mitchell is the reason I quit reading Editor & Publisher, which transformed from a magazine about the nuts and bolts of the newspaper industry into a half-assed attempt at a journalism review and a platform for his own stupid views under his so-called leadership.
- Andy

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