Welcome To My "Hate Blog"

That's right, I have a hate blog.  Just ask Roger Koopman, as reported by the Bozeman Chronicle's Walt Williams.  Matt has all the details, and I won't bother to repeat them here.  I will however, take issue with two things. 

The first is Walt's claim (in the comments to Matt's post) that he was not writing a profile of Roger Koopman.  Bullshit.  Witness this shallow explanation:

As for the article, it wasn’t a “profile” of Koopman. He’s been very active in local politics lately and the story was simply about the reasons for that.

Excuse me?  How is examining a man’s reasons for activity *not* a personal profile of him?  The entire article reads like the tale of the lonely struggling warrior, striving to defend the good (but obviously too weak and gullible) people of the kingdom Gallatin against the very forces that those good people were duped into elevating to power.  I'm sorry there, Walt, but Koopman ain't He-Man, and the county commission doesn't meet in castle Grey Skull.  You wrote a promotional puff piece about a head case who will do anything he can to disrupt political process for his own promotion and gain.

Ya' see, Walt, if you were actually journalisming about actual news and issues, you would have talked to some of the critics that Koopman claims have been" shooting at him for 28 years".  You might have reported exactly how he came to be in possession of emails and communications that were not sent to or meant for him.  You might have actually  questioned some of his claims, rather than just spitting out what he fed you.  That wasn't journalism, Walt.  You were just fluffing him for easy inches.

And one of the more egregious bits of poor reporting was blindly recounting Koop-dogs quote that the blogs attacking him are just "hate blogs".  That's a pretty serious allegation from the lie monkey, as far as I'm concerned.  In the two years I've written to this website, I've only consistently roughed up two people.  I've had goes at John Sinrud, 'cause he deserved it.  I've taken Conrad Burns to task, and look forward to doing it some more.  But the only two people who remain the focus of my ire are Roger Koopman and Kevin McGuire (who's name you couldn't even report correctly, Walt.) 

That's right, the deep dark depths of my hate are reserved for ... a white supremacist National Alliance stooge, and a  passive aggressive lie monkey who consistently disrupts and insults my representatives, my state and my beliefs.  So if the lie monkey wants to call my efforts a hate blog, let him.  If you want to report his opinion with no counter fact or evidence, go right ahead.  But don't pretend that you're reporting, as opposed to profiling.  'Cause you ain't.

Comments

[Kate S.]

Wow, Wulfie, that was some fantastic word-wrangling you did there! Great job. The fact that I don't know what you are talking about but immensely enjoyed reading about it should tell you that it doesn't matter what's said if it's said well. Go get 'em!

[Clif]

Ouch, Wulfie! Let's see if Mr. Williams skulks over here to defend himself, because all that's left of him right now is the last thing that goes through a bug's head when it hits the windshield.

[grannyinsanity]

Oh you hateful little monkey!

[Karen]

Damn hate blogs. . .

I was searching for the love blog.

[Tony]

Thats going to leave a mark...."Ya' see, Walt, if you were actually journalisming"
Lol, lest I ever get in your sights, let me beg for mercy now...
Have a good Sunday!

[Hank]

Check this site out --->

http://www.whotohate.com

[Prophetic]

Tit, 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.