Tony, Apparently other journalists agree with you:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/07/the-breitbart-circus/601 37/ On 7/22/10 11:54 PM, "Anthony West" <anthony_w...@earthlink.net> wrote: > What troubled me most was that it was an artfully crafted lie. Journalists, > more than anybody, should understand and respect the partiality of all who > write. People are entitled to their opinions. But they are not entitled to lie > in public, in a nasty way, solely to hurt other people. Even when such a deed > is legally permitted, it is socially disgusting and shameful. > > I agree with Rachel Maddow: broadcasts that are based on faked, crooked, > doctored data aren't worthy of being printed. That's why editors call them > "unprintable." > > --Tony West > > >> Re: [UC] Sherrod, and straw man technique Amen, Wilma. >> >> The NAACP thing is bizarre and sad because, institutionally, it had >> first-hand knowledge of what was actually said she was talking to them! >> But I am far more disappointed in the Obama administration. As her employer, >> as the federal government, it had far more of a duty to take a measured, >> rational approach. The fact that they just freaked out like a massive >> jellyfish at the prospect of the story appearing on Glenn Beck and acted with >> no independent investigation, no due process, is deeply, deeply disturbing. >> >> As soon as I first started hearing the first peeps about this story (I¹ve >> been very out-of-touch with the outside world the last few days), I thought, >> ³Wow this sounds very ACORN-like.² Then my husband informed me yesterday >> it was the same source. Huh. How bout that. >> >> But, hey, what do I know I¹m just a crazy commie lefty. >> >> Kimm > >
