Reacting to the MBJ editorials

The New Nebraska Network has been keeping up on the Obama / Hitler columns by Midlands Business Journal publisher Bob Hoig, and this week, Hoig decided to fire back (since, of course, the guy who compares someone to Hitler is clearly the victim here). It’s getting past the pathetic point to where it’s almost funny.

Hoig leads by referring to NNN as “A stylish Web site with all the markings of what super-rich liberals might expect for their money.” Not that Hoig’s past two editorials would cause anyone to confuse him with someone who does his research, but that line gave me an extra laugh considering the recent Journal Star story on NNN that pointed out the blog is run via an eight-year-old PC in Kyle Michaelis’ living room.

Inaccuracies are no stranger to Hoig’s attempt to play his role as victim of the vast liberal media. He writes “The New York Times, once an icon of fearless journalism … is the arm of the Obama campaign, as Hillary Clinton learned.” Apparently Obama told the Times to endorse Clinton. And facts (like the recent media study from The Center for Media and Public Affairs — which found that the three broadcast networks were remarkably tougher on Obama than on McCain during the first six weeks of the general-election campaign) really just get in the way of a good whine.

Disgust is spreading in the community, as letters have started hitting the two dailies — both in the World-Herald Public Pulse and in the Journal Star’s letters to the editor.

Kyle at NNN said it best by noting “this display of ignorance and indecency has actually become a matter of pride for Hoig, saying all that really needs to be said about this situation. His words and his attitude speak for themselves and are far more damning than any response I might possibly make.”