Posted on 09/17/2008 9:52:16 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win. We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides "equally" accountable when the facts don't warrant that. -- memo from Mark Halperin, then the ABC News Political Director, to his staff, October 8, 2004.
All campaigns fall short, but some fall far shorter than others. And it is a phony evenhandedness, comfortable for journalists but ultimately misleading, that equates these failures without measuring the grossness of their deviation from the standard of decency. In the 2008 race, and especially in the past few weeks, the imbalance has become unnervingly stark. Ideological differences aside, John McCain's campaign has been more dishonest, more unfair, more -- to use a word that resonates with McCain -- dishonorable than Barack Obama's. -- Ruth Marcus, WaPo, 9-17-08.
Looks like it's becoming a presidential campaign tradition for the MSM. Just as the race is heating up, a prominent MSMer steps up and warns fellow media members not to be so darn even-handed! The Republicans are being meaner than the Democrats, and we need to come out swinging against them!
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Marcus channels Halperin ping to Today show list.
Please note that the formatting doesn’t indicate it, but the first two paras are quotes. The first from Halperin, the second from Marcus. Strangely similar.
She looks like a recycled Helen Thomas...
Guess we could report her to the “Journalism Ethics Board”...so she’d get a Pull-it-Sir Prize.
LOL. Love the way you ended that.
Mark Halperin, son of the odious Morton Halperin.
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