". . . surely the equation of bland nonpartisanship with
objectivity--a silly notion fostered by the worst traditions
of television news reporting--must be rejected. We may
scrutinize a known critic more carefully, but ultimately
we must judge his arguments, not his autobiography."
--Stephen Jay Gould
"The purpose of journalist is to afflict the comfortable."--Joseph
Pulitzer
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Monday, January 09, 2006
A rightly skeptical Joshua Holland asks in "Spinning away a quagmire ..." at AlterNet: "'Bush's December statements have started to shift the political winds, stemming mounting opposition to the war'? On what planet?"
