He lost his job because the comments lost him all credibility amongst those he would be covering.
Also, are there any conservatives on Journolist? I thought it was a liberal echo-chamber?
Also, are there any conservatives on Journolist? I thought it was a liberal echo-chamber?
Discussion of that based on leaked Weigel Journolist emails WRT to two incidents can be found e.g. here: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/25/the-overlooked-story-f...
It also serves as a method to connect young liberals to older ones for jobs, etc. As the Instapundit reports from a journalist reader of his blog:
"A friend who was on the List and works at a major newspaper told me recently, and I quote verbatim: “Journolist was basically a jobs program for liberals in DC.” This person said that it was used to link up the older, more established set with the younger up-and-comers, all to better staff newspapers, magazines, and institutions with liberals. And it is worth adding that this was said by a very liberal person who was not speaking the least bit apologetically."
(http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/101932/)
One can imagine the howls of protest of the existential threat to the Republic such a list would generate ... if it was populated by conservatives.