Saturday, January 29, 2005
Once Again: WHAT "Liberal" Media?!
The same alleged journalists who freak out when an opinion-provider like Atrios uses a pseudonym and dares to have lefty opinions have no complaints at all when an operative for a GOP front pretending to be an actual news company uses a pseudonym when part of the Bush White House's press corps -- even though every other member of that press corps must be identified by his or her legal name. Remember, folks: Under the normal rules of journalism, journalists are held to a higher standard than opinion columnists. But under the conservative Bizarro World of the past two decades, opinion writers like Atrios and Paul Krugman are told that they must have higher standards than alleged "actual journalists" like Jeff Gerth, Susan Schmidt, Judith Miller, and Carl Cameron. And conservative opinion columnists like David Brooks and Bill Safire are allowed to lie at will.
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