Jerry, you have made your point.  Can't we leave it there?

Gerald Levy wrote:
> 
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> 
> > Yes, Jerry, you are absolutely correct.  Maybe Louis would be willing to
> > admit that his is unsympathetic to the RM and that he reviewed it.  I
> > don't know.  Even if he would 'fess up' to doing so, why would that
> > confession help us?
> > Whether you like Louis or vice versa seems irrelevant.
> 
> Yes, Michael, you are absolutely correct -- whether I like Louis or vice
> versa is irrelevant.
> 
> What is relevant is whether it was appropriate for the journal
> _Sozialismus_ to ask Louis to write a review of the RM conference even
> though he had -- months beforehand! -- publicly trashed that conference.
> 
> At issue is a basic question of journalistic standards. I.e. should
> reviewers be selected who have already publicly displayed a bias and
> prejudice against an event?
> 
> Jerry

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