Howard Fineman Goes Off the Deep End

[Blaukraut]

He has been upset with Obama because of him not doing an on the record interview with the DMR, and now the endorsement by them of Romney has Howard going a little nuts on twitter.



https://twitter.com/howardfineman

Howard Fineman ‏@howardfineman
It's not scientific or quantifiable by Nate Silver but Des Moines Register endorsement of Mitt first time it's' clear O may lose the race.

Howard Fineman ‏@howardfineman
So DMR endorsed Romney. Obama deserves what he gets in Iowa for this case of Political sloth.

Howard Fineman ‏@howardfineman
#Obama admitted in DM register off the record interview that he hadn't talked to the edit board in 4 years!! Political malpractice.


Howard Fineman ‏@howardfineman
Des Moines Register shouldn't have agreed to off-the-record interview with Obama: Obama should have agreed to ON-the-record. Bad all around.


And plenty more about the Des Moines Register interview.

[flamingdem]

1. OK, let's not help them publicize their stupid paper

This needs to blow over

[Faith9326]

2. Ugh

He pissed me off with this. I'm glad his followers are telling him how pathetic he looks.

[underthematrix]

3. It is a ridiculous story to generate some attention

for Fineman

[wisteria]

4. Whats the big deal with this paper?

Their last Republican endorsement was for Nixon, and we know how that played out.

[xxqqqzme]

5. Howard has been

around tweety too much. Now his hair is on fire too!

[hanzi88]

6. What's wrong with Fineman?

Fineman sounds pissed by O not going on the record with DMR & it's not even his interview, what's wrong with him?

[ProSense]

7. What the hell is wrong with these people?

[imgbitepolitic]

8. Everyone ignore him

if you care about the election.

[Faith9326]

9. Um

Also, I don't appreciate him calling O lazy.

[Blaukraut]

10. He's getting called out for his hyperbole. Good. N/t

[Maximumnegro]

11. LOL. Obama dissed them and the media hates

being dissed. Remember Obama can be a cold mofo if he doesn't care for you and there are a lot of media folks who are pissed they haven't got the love they think they deserve.

[Lex]

12. Newspapers are so horse-and-buggy.

[Faith9326]

13. Lol

Now he's getting defensive and acting like people are angry. No, just don't say a bunch of dramatic BS and not expect people to call you out on it.



He's been like this lately. As if O hurt his feelings. It's weird.

[BainsBane]

14. Journalists have an inflated view of their own importance

Obama has gotten a slew of endorsements in red states. Does anyone actually think that means Romney will lose those states? Of course not.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

19. +1 nt

[flamingdem]

15. Fineman backs off slightly

Howard Fineman ‏@howardfineman

Anger in my corner of Twittersphere cuz i said DM Reg Mitt endorsement bad news for Obama. It's' not fatal, but he needs all mo' he can get.

[Blaukraut]

18. He should back off, and then STFU about it. But watch - this endorsement will be all the rage

All next week on all news channels. I swear, all pundits ought to be shipped off to a desert island somewhere without a phone or tv during every election. Pollsters, too.

[flamingdem]

20. There are already over 25,000 news sites on the web with the headline

I'm sure it's bought and paid for - I'm just glad we haven't seen more newspapers that sold out like this one did! Plus, someone just posted that Bain has some level of ownership of the paper!

[Lex]

24. Bain has some ownership in the paper!?

Really? Wouldn't that be surprising? (No, no it wouldn't.)

[WI_DEM]

16. yes, a president has all the time in the world to do interviews with newspaper editorial boards.

Get a life, Howie!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

17. Has anybody been able to track/tie...

...newspaper endorsements to a candidates success? In 2004, I was one of 5 candidates (5 districts) running in a local election to be endorsed by the states (Arizona) largest newspaper. I was the only one who won. My anecdotal observation of this state's election results is that the value of a newspapers endorsement is minimal.

[madaboutharry]

21. Maybe Howard had too many martinis before he started tweeting.

[fugop]

23. He 's gonna drunk dial the prez any minute!

[Faith9326]

22. ...

How come when the Cleveland Plain Dealer here in Ohio endorsed Obama, he didn't mention how they've picked every winner(of Ohio and the election) since 1980.


I like him, but I don't know why he's being so dramatic tonight. Is he drunk or something?

[Phx_Dem]

25. I usually like Fineman. But in this case, his entire argument

Is based on the how much access DMR got from O. has Howard forgotten how many times Obama has been to Iowa during his presidency and how many important announcements were made IN IOWA?! who cares bout Iowa, its all about how the DMR feels slighted. how fucking petty.

Excuse my capitalization issues. My tablet sucks at typing.

[mrz35]

26. Fineman is out of touch with the modern media!!

Howard Fineman and Chris Matthews are so old school and still believe newspapers mean something. I haven't opened a newspaper in 6-7 years. Media is so different and Fineman hasn't caught up.

[Jennicut]

27. Average newspaper reader age: 55.

Fineman is living in the dark ages. But he is a baby boomer. Newspaper endorsements, while nice to have, don't mean that much to a lot of voters 45 and under, of which I am one. Or 55 and under, for that matter. I may read some newspaper articles on line but many people in their 20's, 30's and 40's are mistrustful of the media as a whole. And Romney already has a majority of the older voters. That is not what he needs to pick off to win.

Howard, please catch up with modern times.

[RomneyLies]

28. Howard Fineman - Douche, without the nozzle n/t

[RomneyLies]

29. Reading the responses to his tweets, there seems to be something to do on November 6

The moment Iowa is called for Obama, everybody needs to tweet @howardfineman you are a complete #idiot

[Blaukraut]

32. My Tweet to Howard

Howard Fineman and fellow pundits heavily invested in appearance of horse race!! Journalistic Malpractice!!!

[octoberlib]

30. I really enjoy watching Howard Fineman get destroyed on Twitter

[smorkingapple]

31. Here's the reality of this situation

1) Not getting endorsement hurts a bit, but Obama will still win state.
2) That whole off the record thing was a fucking absolute blunder by Obama. I don't know what his team was thinking there.
3) Knowing #2 and how the media is trying to keep the specter of a close race alive despite the math, this just blows more helium in that balloon.

There have been some questionable decisions by the Obama team in the past month with the 1st debate strategy being the prime example. Luckily this won't have the same impact but it does give the media assholes another few days of pushing the Romney momentum meme.

[Jennicut]

33. It won't hurt him a bit. Who the hell thinks newspapers have any influence anymore?

Old people, that's who. The rest of us realize it's a dying medium. In 30 years when I'm 65, I think most reporters will simply be independent and post articles online without newspapers existing.