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Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:39 AM Oct 2012

Huffington Post..sucks..big time..

For three days it has had an ugly picture of Elizabeth Warren on its front page..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

For two days, it has one of the ugliest pictures I have ever seen of New Jersey governor Christie..
in exactly the same pose as Warren..You have to scroll down some, but both pictures are on the same page, one is ugliar than the other.
It is this subtle and not so subtle kind of shit at the Huffington Post that proves to me they really are against Warren..the story about Warren from the link, has nothing to do with the picture...

It is no mistake that those pictures have been up there for so long...none, because some pictures get taken off within a few hours..they edit that thing several times a day...

I go there to see what the main stream media is" doing"..But I got to hold back the vomit when I look at the pictures...
some of the stories and writers are ok..but they are a rag..tool of the AOL.

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Huffington Post..sucks..big time.. (Original Post) Stuart G Oct 2012 OP
They are really going over the top over there. Headline right now - Mitt could win. jillan Oct 2012 #1
Oops you beat me to it. catbyte Oct 2012 #3
Saw that Mitt headline. <gag> They are the Ann Coulter of Internet news - attention whores. /nt October Oct 2012 #18
Not to mention the ridiculous scare headlines like a HUGE picture of Romney on the front page catbyte Oct 2012 #2
I won't go there because it profits on the work of others without paying them. hedgehog Oct 2012 #4
Yep, this morning's "He Could Win" headline for Mitt was the final straw for me. Laurian Oct 2012 #5
I agree, that may be it..for me too..that "He could Win" with that Stuart G Oct 2012 #8
I was just coming here to post something exactly like this meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #6
They are a revolting rag flamingdem Oct 2012 #7
"pretending to be liberal -ish but failing while they flog every nastiness for profit" correct.. Stuart G Oct 2012 #10
Follow the money with HuffPo - must be that they get more $ flamingdem Oct 2012 #11
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #22
Let's not forget DonCoquixote Oct 2012 #9
Brietbart was also a founder of Huff Po btw KurtNYC Oct 2012 #12
I got disenchanted when the mods scrubbed every post remotely critical of catbyte Oct 2012 #15
Huffington Post has ALWAYS sucked Glitterati Oct 2012 #13
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #23
Huffington should have never sold...but she opted for profit over value! sharkman25 Oct 2012 #14
Over 300 Million is a lot of profit...sure is........nt Stuart G Oct 2012 #16
just stop going there Viva_La_Revolution Oct 2012 #17
This is to say nothing of the pseudoscience it often promotes in the "health" section D23MIURG23 Oct 2012 #19
That ugly picture of Warren is still up there..Christie is gone..but..look carefully at the Warren Stuart G Oct 2012 #20
I officially hate the Huffington Post LW1977 Oct 2012 #21

jillan

(39,451 posts)
1. They are really going over the top over there. Headline right now - Mitt could win.
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:41 AM
Oct 2012

I'm just gonna stay away for a few days.

catbyte

(34,386 posts)
2. Not to mention the ridiculous scare headlines like a HUGE picture of Romney on the front page
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:43 AM
Oct 2012

blaring, "HE COULD WIN THIS THING!" with a link to an article that shows Obama with a 2 point drop in the polls. Come on. Seriously?!?

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
5. Yep, this morning's "He Could Win" headline for Mitt was the final straw for me.
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:44 AM
Oct 2012

I don't plan to revisit that site until after the election. A lot of their miscellaneous stories are from elsewhere, so I don't think I'll miss much.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
8. I agree, that may be it..for me too..that "He could Win" with that
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:48 AM
Oct 2012

large picture of him is another vomit event..

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
6. I was just coming here to post something exactly like this
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:47 AM
Oct 2012

Today's huge headline "HE COULD WIN THIS!" And a picture of Romney. Yesterday's front page "BOUNCE" Romney's ugly mug. Politics page "DAMAGE CONTROL" and a picture of Obama.

I used to read HuffPo but I hate them anymore. It's like they are just another rag in the bag for the media corporations who all, of course, want and would benefit from a Romney win. I swear the media has Obama all but defeated. Then I suppose with Romney's foreign policy speech there will be the collective media boner over it all. They've been flogging that dipshit all summer and then one bright shiny moment and he's like a resurrection of Reagan. Unbelievable.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
7. They are a revolting rag
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:47 AM
Oct 2012

pretending to be liberal -ish but failing while they flog every nastiness for profit

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
10. "pretending to be liberal -ish but failing while they flog every nastiness for profit" correct..
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:10 PM
Oct 2012

Well put..pretending........
.Warren is a true progressive ...to have that disgusting picture up there for 3 days..proves it isn't progressive..
A picture editor knows what is favorable or not...

The assholes are trying to tie Warren to ..
.ugly loudmouth...............not progressive or liberal..

I have watched over several weeks...no such pictures against Scott Brown..the opponent..

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
11. Follow the money with HuffPo - must be that they get more $
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:12 PM
Oct 2012

from Koch and Co. -- I would guess there's a channel for that beyond the page ads

Response to flamingdem (Reply #7)

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
9. Let's not forget
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:00 PM
Oct 2012

Ariana is, at best, centre-right, and would love to see Obama go down as a way to drag us to Hillary 2016, as if to say 'see, you Gen Xers and Milennials are worthless!"

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
12. Brietbart was also a founder of Huff Po btw
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:13 PM
Oct 2012

It made its rep as news aggregator by culling less responsible voices from both the Left and Right.

And now that there are many news aggregation entities on the web. AOL bought the audience that Huff Po built up before the sale.

catbyte

(34,386 posts)
15. I got disenchanted when the mods scrubbed every post remotely critical of
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:32 PM
Oct 2012

Breitbart after he croaked. The only post of mine that got through was me providing a link to DU with a note to come here to express how you really feel.

 

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)
13. Huffington Post has ALWAYS sucked
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:13 PM
Oct 2012

Nothing more than a gossip rag like you see at the grocery store check out.

I NEVER click on a HuffPo link. Ever.

Response to Glitterati (Reply #13)

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
17. just stop going there
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:44 PM
Oct 2012

I did that months ago. If somebody posts a little of an article, I can just google a sentence and 90% of the time I find the original article elsewhere. If I can't find it, then it's not worth reading.

D23MIURG23

(2,850 posts)
19. This is to say nothing of the pseudoscience it often promotes in the "health" section
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 01:03 PM
Oct 2012

Or the worthless sideboob/celebrity slut-shaming stories you always see on the front page. Jessica Alba's dress, too low?



I still go there sometimes just to smack down some bullshit, but secretly I wish it would croak.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
20. That ugly picture of Warren is still up there..Christie is gone..but..look carefully at the Warren
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 08:04 PM
Oct 2012

picture again....above it is an a very grainy kinda dark picture of ...Obama..
and tthere is picture of Mitt and his wife looking like they are above it all...is at the top..but that terrible picture of Warren is on its third day of being up there ...now below the Obama picture..

third day



LW1977

(1,234 posts)
21. I officially hate the Huffington Post
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 04:31 PM
Oct 2012

It's nothing more than an online tabloid! Arianna should be ashamed of herself! What a dispicible human being to let a once reliable website turn to shit

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