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That was me. I was one of the people who cheered in The Seattle Times news meeting Monday when it was announced that presidential adviser Karl Rove had resigned. The reaction to this bit of national news made national news ... ... The hallowed halls of journalism that I was privileged to enter more than 20 years ago are looking more and more like the New York subway. The walls covered in bloggers' scrawl... That's not how we do things at this newspaper. Here, every morning, some 20 smart, educated, well-read and diverse people gather around a table and talk....

That was me. I was one of the people who cheered in The Seattle Times news meeting Monday when it was announced that presidential adviser Karl Rove had resigned. The reaction to this bit of national news made national news, kicking off a Web-based debate about whether journalists should bring their personal views to the office. In the beginning, the Times' own David Postman and The Stranger's blog weighed in. By Thursday, The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz was calling the episode an "embarrassment." Rove himself laughed about it on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Times Executive Editor David Boardman was dismayed...

Now this is an interesting story that started yesterday and I completely missed due to my day job. So if you were under a rock like I was then here is the scoop. It began with a story that in a Seattle newsroom some reporters began cheering once word came that Rove was resigning:.....

"When word came in of Karl Rove's resignation, several people in the meeting started cheering. That sort of expression is simply not appropriate for a newsroom....As we head into a major political year, now's a good time to remember: Please keep your personal politics to yourself." Dave Boardman, Executive Editor, Seattle Times The other day I overheard a liberal say, "Fox News makes things up." If I had the time, I would've asked for some specifics and would have probably gotten the usual snooty response (no ready examples, just an accepted fact). While I am a network alumnus, I'm no...

Joe Scarborough has pulled back the curtain on the liberal bias at MSNBC, describing an incident in which newsroom people ceaselessly booed President Bush during a State of the Union address. The revelation came on Morning Joe today at 6:02 AM EDT. Joe was discussing a recent episode at the Seattle Times in which reporters and editors cheered the news that Karl Rove had resigned. Scarborough applauded Seattle Times Executive Editor Dave Boardman for issuing a memorandum reproving his colleagues. Joe went on to describe a similar incident at MSNBC. JOE SCARBOROUGH: There was a story out of Seattle, and...