Nuke's

Many of us have been witness to the various meltdowns at LGF, over the past four years.
It seems they have been occurring with much more regularity, since late 2007, so much so, that the number of comments posted there are declining rapidly, and registered posters are banned for simple disagreements with CJ’s point of view.

The culmination of this is the dubious award from The Religion Of Peace, the preeminent source for all information concerning islam.

Anyone who has made a fool out of the mainstream media as often as the Charles Johnson has can’t be all bad – even if he is making a bigger fool out of himself these days. Five years ago, the talented creator of the Little Green Footballs blog and “co-founder” of Pajamas Media (a top-notch web magazine) went toe-to-toe with CBS News and not only took down Dan Rather, but also won a great deal of respect for on-line journalism in the process…

Then things got weird. Really weird.

What happened to the nearly 60-year-old Johnson after hitting his high-water mark is anyone’s guess. Did success go to his head, or was he really that… um… well-grounded to begin with?

That’s quite a come-down from the halcyon days of “rathergate” and Hezbollah “fauxtography.”
It is now accurate to say that LGF is a liberal blog, not a conservative one.

What made LGF such a popular blog was it’s posters, not it’s blog owner. All of the bright, energetic, and witty posters have long since left, and all that are left are sycophantic “yes men” to toe the CJ line.

In all fairness, a poster named “Thom” is the one who exposed the Rather ANG memo as a fraud, and posted it in the comment section at LGF. Thom never got the attribution he deserved, but CJ took the accolades and ran with it.

Having met so many wonderful people there, years ago, it is sad to see what has happened, but based on the behavior of the blog owner back in 2005, I can’t say it’s very surprising.

h/t village idiot at lgf2.
(he’s no longer an apprentice)

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