Regarding Goldberg's update towards the bottom: I did not see the Brokaw/Friedman interchange but would fall down in a faint if either of those worthies had spotlighted a single bogus fact or incorrect contention regarding Jones that animated his departure. Instead, they seem to be unquestioningly reading from Jones' resignation letter, at which he flailed at unspecific "lies" and "smears".
A more astonishing display of media bias is hard to imagine than we've seen in this Van Jones story, and judging from Brokaw/Friedman's panegyrics for Jones, it's far from over. --S. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDRjZjlhYWEwNDljYTliNjIxOWNlN2I1NDEzMDcyMWY= Van Jones & Obama's "Centrism" [Jonah Goldberg] I just watched David Axelrod, the top ranking political advisor in the White House, and Robert Gibbs, the President's spokesman on "Meet the Press" and "This Week" respectively. Neither of them was willing, even after repeated questioning, to offer a single negative word about Van Jones. Not one word. A 9/11 Truther and defender of Mumia-Abu Jamal is not radical enough for this White House to distance itself from the man in any way. Again and again, this White House has been offered chances to condemn the man's views and they have willfully and quite deliberately refused. Compare this to the controversy over Lani Guinier, President Clinton's nominee to run the civil rights division at the Justice Department. When her views came to light, president Clinton disavowed her. "This has nothing to do with the political center," Clinton insisted, "This is about my center." Who would have guessed that there's a case for saying Bill Clinton's center had more intellectual integrity than Barack Obama's? Now, there's reason to believe that Clinton was lying when he said he was unaware of her views when he picked her, but at least Clinton understood that he couldn't claim to be a centrist and associate himself with her views if they became widely known. Van Jones' views are now widely known. And as far as anyone can tell reading the newspapers this morning or watching the Sunday shows, this White House and this President have nothing but praise for Jones and think he's a fine, self-sacrificing, public servant who simply took one for the team. I can't think of a more succinct, discrete, example illuminating why Obama's claims to centrism are a fraud. Update: Oh and the conversation between Tom Brokaw and Tom Friedman about the lessons of Van Jones was a complete scandal. One of Friedman's key take-aways from this whole affair is that too many people will self-censor themselves so they can get government jobs. What a tragedy that fewer people will support cop-killers and anti-American conspiracy groups because of poor Van Jones chilling effect on the culture. 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