http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/11/adventures-of-multiple-man/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:57:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/11/adventures-of-multiple-man/comment-page-1/#comment-10575 Jeffrey Kramer Fri, 12 Dec 2003 02:06:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=733#comment-10575 Most regulars here probably know the site already, but if you don't -- and you want to get really, really depressed about the ignorance, the laziness, the self-satisfied sanctimony of the 'celebrity press corps' -- look through the archives of Bob Somerby's "Daily Howler" [www.dailyhowler.com] Most regulars here probably know the site already, but if you don’t—and you want to get really, really depressed about the ignorance, the laziness, the self-satisfied sanctimony of the ‘celebrity press corps’—look through the archives of Bob Somerby’s “Daily Howler” [www.dailyhowler.com]

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/11/adventures-of-multiple-man/comment-page-1/#comment-10574 Katherine Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:21:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=733#comment-10574 I left journalism for law school because of stuff like this and I am now <i>prouder</i> of my chosen profession. Which is sick. I tend to give reporters the benefit of the doubt because I know how much a bad editor can rein you in, but there is no excuse for this sort of thing. I've never really thought that the press was conservative, aside from the obvious Murdoch outlets. I do think they're bad in a way that rewards both dishonesty and extremism, and I think the GOP is much better at those things than the Democrats. If it's going to be "Democrats say X, Republicans say Y, truth probably somewhere in the middle, now for some shallow psychoanalysis of the candidates and then back to the Peterson case," no matter what the facts or the weight of expert opinion or anything else--what's the point of being moderate or truthful? I left journalism for law school because of stuff like this and I am now prouder of my chosen profession. Which is sick. I tend to give reporters the benefit of the doubt because I know how much a bad editor can rein you in, but there is no excuse for this sort of thing. I’ve never really thought that the press was conservative, aside from the obvious Murdoch outlets. I do think they’re bad in a way that rewards both dishonesty and extremism, and I think the GOP is much better at those things than the Democrats. If it’s going to be “Democrats say X, Republicans say Y, truth probably somewhere in the middle, now for some shallow psychoanalysis of the candidates and then back to the Peterson case,” no matter what the facts or the weight of expert opinion or anything else—what’s the point of being moderate or truthful?

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