It just struck me: The professor of journalism ethics who was complaining about “assault[s]” and “attack[s]” on the media — the assaults and attacks being in the form of public criticism of alleged media bias — also complained about how some hypothetical story is “nothing but a Pentagon publicist’s brainstorm seized on by right-wing bloggers.”
I think he’s trying to criticize right-wing bloggers. He’s “inspect[ing us] for any trace of undesirable political tilt.” He’s part of “a free-floating cadre of [anti-]rightist warriors” who’s “denounc[ing]” us. He sounds “hostile and suspicious” to me.
Isn’t he, by his own reasoning, now “attack[ing]” us, “assault[ing]” our “commitment to do [our] best to determine and tell the truth,” and posing a “compelling danger” to us?
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