Germany’s Spiegel Quotes Me…
Posted by warnertoddhuston in : General Politics,Links to My Stuff-By Warner Todd Huston
And now, as an International man of mystery, I find that the famed German magazine Der Spiegel has quoted me making fun of one of their competitors, Bild newspaper.
In my July 25th piece on the “gushingly immature” Bild newspaper reporter that had a workout with Barack Obama, I lambasted the German daily for acting like a “rock-star struck teeny bopper” instead of a serious, adult reporter.
Well, now Der Spiegel, one of the largest selling German language magazines in the world, ran a story today reporting that Barack Obama is claiming he was “hustled” by the Bild reporter. In the Spiegel report, my July 25th piece is quoted and I am referenced by name.
The translated Bild report was rapidly picked up by US blogs, where it became the subject of endless derision.
Blogger Warner Todd Huston wrote: “Apparently, Bild, a newspaper in Germany, hires 14-year-old, starry-eyed, fan-girls as reporters instead of serious grown-ups. Or, at least one would be excused in thinking this reporter was a rock-star struck teeny bopper upon reading her gushingly immature account of having an exercise workout with Barack Obama on the German leg of his trip.”
Bonesky is actually 27. “Let’s enjoy her sexytime memories, together,” the Washington blog Wonkette said, recalling the encounter in a wooden translation of the Bild report that evokes fictional reporter Borat in his comedy “Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”
So, me and the Wonkette are heard ’round the world.
This blogging stuff is so much fun!
Comment by Rosemary
Congratulations! Did they happen to mention on which site they read your article? I guess all you would really need to do is check your site-meter. lol. Pretty cool! Great job.
Comment by warnertoddhuston
No they didn’t mention where they saw it.
Comment by Rosemary
Oh, that’s too bad. Maybe people will google search your name? Would they be able to find your site that way? I think so, but I’m not sure.
That’s just like a paper. First they don’t pay you for your work, then they don’t even send any readers your way!
Hey, what are you doing up so early? No wonder you write more than I do! (And better informed too.)
Comment by warnertoddhuston
Rosemary,
I am currently on night shift. (My supervisory role has me rotating shifts every three months).
As to the Googling… you go ahead and Google my name. You’ll see what happens! LOL
Let’s just say, if you Google my name, it won’t be hard to find me!
Comment by Mark Wadsworth
Well done. Is this your 15 minutes of fame, or are you famous anyway?
Comment by warnertoddhuston
Well, I don’t know about famous, but to name a few thinks, I’ve been in the New York Times, the Washington Times, several smaller papers, Rush Limbaugh (5 times so far), Sean Hannity, Neil Bortz, Michael Savage, and a dozen local shows and Internet radio shows. So, I guess I’ve done a few things here and there.