Quote of the Day

I Dunno, Man, If the Business Model Is Guilting Liberals Into Paying Out of Some Sort of Civic Duty, Then Perhaps They (And I Include Many Journalists in This, Not Just Management) Should Stop Sh%$ting on Those Liberals.

—Duncan "Atrios" Black

The New York Times and the Washington Post, among others have been complaining about criticism, the Times Maggie Haberman has suggested that a, "Vast Left Wing Conspiracy," set up to criticize the press.  (The actual quote is, "An industry ……… that is dedicated toward attacking the media," but that is a distinction without a difference.)

The mainstream press has been presenting false balance in response to false claims of journalistic bias from the right, and now that the sane people are pushing back, their feelings were hurt. (And their pocketbooks, but that is another story)

If you cannot call a lie a lie or call a liar a liar, you are not a journalist, you are a stenographer.