“Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving”

David Burge (who has blogged as Iowahawk) posted this now-famous remark about journalism on Twitter on May 9, 2013:
   
“Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”
 
   
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David Burge
@iowahawkblog
Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.
9:57 AM · May 9, 2013
           
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David Burge
@iowahawkblog
Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.
1:17 PM · Sep 26, 2014
 
Observer
Democratic Party Operative Robert Creamer Used Terror to Wage War on Honesty
Team Clinton appears to approve of violence and ‘bird dogging’ in WikiLeaks hack of Podesta emails
By Austin Bay • 10/25/16 10:00am
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Iowahawk’s (David Burge) famous quip applies to Creamer and Hillary, “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow. Until they stop moving.”
       
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Charles Alexander
@HolographicRibs
Many years ago, @iowahawkblog said that “Journalism is about covering important stories, with a pillow, until they stop moving. “
The whole “media refuses to cover Iranian protests and/or lies about the purpose behind said protests” thing definitely applies to that wise tweet.
4:40 PM · Dec 30, 2017
 
Cincinnati.com
Opinion: Media would benefit from a little humility
Gil Spencer Opinion contributor
Published 11:56 a.m. ET Dec. 10, 2018
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It used to be, as Iowahawk Dave Burge has said, “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”
 
But it’s gotten worse. Now it’s open rhetorical warfare but on a third-grade level.
 
Google Books
If It Ain’t Woke, Don’t Fix It
By Ben Shapiro
Creators Publishing
2022
Pg. ?:
How many facts will die at the hands of media-crafted narratives? As many as need to die in order to achieve political utopia for the Left. As David Burge suggested years ago on Twitter, “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”
     
Stream
2000 Mules: What Must Be Said About Media Blackout
By MIKE HUCKABEE Published on May 13, 2022
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As David Burge (Iowahawk) famously tweeted, “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”
 
Fox News
OPINION Published November 17, 2022 4:00am EST  
NBC News must answer these 5 questions on the retracted Paul Pelosi attack story
NBC News has failed to fully explain why it rejected a ‘Today’ show report that aired on the Paul Pelosi attack and suspended the reporter
Dan Gainor By Dan Gainor | Fox News
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But any decent journalist has to admit how NBC is handling this story stinks. It calls to mind the classic David Burge (@iowahawkblog) quote, “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” Only this time, NBC News is doing it to one of their staffers as well as the story.
 
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Odkin Wood
@odkin_wood
In the immortal words of @iowahawkblog, “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”.  Thus we will see ZERO coverage of this massive election interference scandal from the three networks, CNN, or any of the nightshow newsclowns.
12:33 AM · Dec 3, 2022