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Bill Bradley

Will the California Democratic Party get with the program and appropriately treat Bill Bradley as a right-wing propaganda shill?

He isn’t a journalist, he sold out to Pajamas Media which is the online equivalent of Fox News. Nationally, the Democratic Party is realizing that it is counter-productive to coddle such outlets and it is time for the CDP to follow suit.

“California Democrats — Leading the Way” should be more than a slogan, it should be put to practice by leading other states in the realization that it makes sense for Democrats not to acknowledge propaganda outlets from the other side.

Will the CDP learn from the Fox “News” debate debacle and learn from the Nevada Democratic Party mistakes? In that episode, despite protesting from Bill Bradley, there was a huge grassroots push for our Party leaders to get with the program. The straw that broke the camel’s back was Roger Ailes attacks on three Democratic presidential candidates Thursday night.

In this case, while this should have been done long ago, the CDP has a face-saving way of dumping Bradley once and for all. Late last night, one of the California Majority Report publishers posted something written by one of the other publishers.

In the comments, instead of just discussing his problems with the posting, Bradley took it a step further and implicitly threatened one or both of the Democratic staffers involved by writing, “There are NWN files on everybody.”.

This is the way he operates, we had the same problem with Bill Bradley here.

Cut him off already. Get with the program.

  • No press releases.
  • No credentials.
  • No access.

The Democratic Party shouldn’t care what Pajamas Media writes other than using it as a guide to the latest Republican Party propaganda.

I don’t think this goes against my view of expanding government access to bloggers. I support Bill Bradley’s right to cover our government. But I have a tough time respecting my Party giving access to a far-right concern troll.

Political insiders create blog, film at 11!

Interesting that the tradtional media only seems to pay attention to “events” when they are officially sanctioned and have the “right people”. It reminds me of the rock world, where a band can be instantly famous if they have the right “members of…” in the group, whether the music is any good or not. Check out this article in the Sacramento Bee over a political website created by insiders that is launching on tuesday:

Thirty Democratic operatives — pollsters, consultants and spokespeople — will launch the “California Majority Report” at midnight Tuesday at www.camajorityreport.com. The big launch party is Tuesday night at Mason’s in downtown Sacramento, complete with a “special guest,” former Gov. Gray Davis.

Oh wow! Gray Davis… (*yawn*), how exciting. Heh, I guess it’s good that he’s keeping busy, anyway, the site CA Majority Report is billed as an alternative to the right wing Flash Report. Which is fine, I mean i’m all for more voices being added to the discussion, but it is interesting that the story acts like it’s coming out of a vaccuum and totally ignores the previously existing California blogosphere.

more on this below, including some action:

It’s a known fact that grassroots politics in California is a tough business.
If any grassroots groups are recognized at all, (rare) frequently it’s to be called Kos Kidz, blogonistas, you name it… and that’s from the people on “our” side.

Don’t even get me started on the Republicans.

Now i’m sure some people may decry this as sour grapes since GovernorPhil.com is still relatively new. But i’m not trying to court the WAAAAAAAAAH vote here, just pointing out some serious omissions. It reminds me of the fawning coverage of Pajamas media. Which, if you had believed the hype, you might even believe was the first such site in existence, totally ignoring the work of the rest of the established blogosphere.

Dan Ancona’s letter to Kevin pretty much says it all:

Hi Kevin,

Just a quick note on the Democratic weblog that’s about to launch; your
report made it sound like this was the first lefty weblog focused in
California, but really it’s just the first one by insiders. The insiders
have been behind the curve, but us outsiders have been pretty far in
front of it! These six sites are already out there and doing great:

Speak Out California
California Progress Report
Alliance for a Better CA
PowerPac Blog
Courage Campaign
Calitics

There’s also http://governorphil…. – a grassroots site supporting
Phil Angelides, in the mold of the LamontBlog and RaisingKaine, two
grassroots sites that have made big impacts in CT and VA races. We’re
happy to have another site with news from the inside, of course – we’re
expecting CAMajorityReport to be a terrific addition to the expanding
and vibrant discussion already in progress.

Thanks!

Dan Ancona
Director of Internet Operations
Speak Out California

Right on man, couldn’t agree more:
If you agree and feel like writing as well, (i’m writing now), e-mail [email protected]

Or… even better… a Letter to the Editor:

The Sacramento Bee
2100 Q Street
P.O. Box 15779
Sacramento, CA 95816

-C.