WaPo conservative blogger: "The world would be a better place if Drudge set himself afire.

WaPo's Weigel Lets Loose With Scathing E-mails on Liberal Listserv
By Betsy Rothstein on Jun 24, 2010 03:09 PM



FishbowlDC has obtained e-mails written by WaPo's conservative-beat blogger Dave Weigel, that the scribe sent to JournoList, a listserv for liberal journalists. (Read up on JournoList with Yahoo! News's Michael Calderone's 2009 story that he wrote for Politico).

Seems Weigel doesn't like (and that would be putting it mildly) at least some of the conservatives he covers. Poor Drudge - Weigel wants him to light himself on fire.

Weigel's Words:

•"This would be a vastly better world to live in if Matt Drudge decided to handle his emotional problems more responsibly, and set himself on fire."

•"Follow-up to one hell of a day: Apparently, the Washington Examiner thought it would be fun to write up an item about my dancing at the wedding of Megan McArdle and Peter Suderman. Said item included the name and job of my girlfriend, who was not even there -- nor in DC at all."

•"I'd politely encourage everyone to think twice about rewarding the Examiner with any traffic or links for a while. I know the temptation is high to follow up hot hot Byron York scoops, but please resist it."

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http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/online_media/wapos_weigel_lets_loose_with_scathing_emails_on_liberal_listserv_165738.asp

:rofl:

•"It's all very amusing to me. Two hundred screaming Ron Paul fanatics couldn't get their man into the Fox News New Hampshire GOP debate, but Fox News is pumping around the clock to get Paultard Tea Party people on TV."

"I know the temptation is high to follow up hot hot Byron York scoops, but please resist it."

:rofl: :rofl: