According to Atrios (I know he has a real name now, I just can’t remember it), Bush/Cheney 04 is accusing the Philly Inquirer of abandoning its “journalistic integrity” by running a series of editorials criticizing the Bush administration.
Editorials.
I am assuming the Bush/Cheney campaign is unaware of the current media-ethics issue related to Sinclair Broadcasting Group which is airing something blatantly editorial but insisting it is straight news.
I am also assuming they are unware of the Wall Street Journal’s twelve-year editorial-page campaign to assasinate the character of prominant liberals, most especially Bill Clinton — who they repeatedly accused of murder and, I believe, dealing drugs out of the White House.
I am also also assuming that the Bush/Cheney campaign has never turned on Fox News, Bill “Phone Sex” O’Reilly, Hannity and Colmes, or any number of other right-wing editorial programs.
Because if they were aware of any of these things, they wouldn’t be so shocked at the current lack of journalistic integrity. And they might indeed be appreciative, nay — even thankful — that they have so often benefited from it.
Journalistic Integrity? You’re joking, right?
According to Atrios (I know he has a real name now, I just can’t remember it), Bush/Cheney 04 is accusing the Philly Inquirer of abandoning its “journalistic integrity” by running a series of editorials criticizing the Bush administration.
Editorials.
I am assuming the Bush/Cheney campaign is unaware of the current media-ethics issue related to Sinclair Broadcasting Group which is airing something blatantly editorial but insisting it is straight news.
I am also assuming they are unware of the Wall Street Journal’s twelve-year editorial-page campaign to assasinate the character of prominant liberals, most especially Bill Clinton — who they repeatedly accused of murder and, I believe, dealing drugs out of the White House.
I am also also assuming that the Bush/Cheney campaign has never turned on Fox News, Bill “Phone Sex” O’Reilly, Hannity and
Colmes, or any number of other right-wing editorial programs.Because if they were aware of any of these things, they wouldn’t be so shocked at the current lack of journalistic integrity. And they might indeed be appreciative, nay — even thankful — that they have so often benefited from it.