Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Balanced Like a Broken Scale
Once upon a time, the Washington Post was one of the most prestigious newspapers in all the land. They always had guts, always stood up to conventional wisdom, and, with the aid of Woodward and Bernstein, brought down a president.
Now, Woodward is the Washington intelligentsia's lapdog, and the Post has thrown all illusions of balance out the window. They've hired on Ben Domenech, a young conservative blogger whose claim to fame is being Bush's youngest appointee. Apparently, he's meant to offset "liberal" columnists like Dan Froomkin and Dana Millbank. Never mind the fact that the Post already has experienced conservative columnists like Charles Krauthammer and George Will. Never mind the fact that the Post isn't talking about hiring a liberal blogger. It's all for balance, of course.
Katherine Graham must be doing the lambada in her grave.
EDIT: Well, this is just beautiful. Apparently, Ben Domenech- or, as he's known at Red State, "Augustine"- made a post calling Coretta Scott King a "Communist." On the day of her fucking funeral. That's our liberal media for you.
Now, Woodward is the Washington intelligentsia's lapdog, and the Post has thrown all illusions of balance out the window. They've hired on Ben Domenech, a young conservative blogger whose claim to fame is being Bush's youngest appointee. Apparently, he's meant to offset "liberal" columnists like Dan Froomkin and Dana Millbank. Never mind the fact that the Post already has experienced conservative columnists like Charles Krauthammer and George Will. Never mind the fact that the Post isn't talking about hiring a liberal blogger. It's all for balance, of course.
Katherine Graham must be doing the lambada in her grave.
EDIT: Well, this is just beautiful. Apparently, Ben Domenech- or, as he's known at Red State, "Augustine"- made a post calling Coretta Scott King a "Communist." On the day of her fucking funeral. That's our liberal media for you.
