Tag: "James Taranto"
Is Sarah Palin Hated Because Trig Palin’s Alive?
There are two things you can say for sure about Michael Barone’s work. First, he is arguably the finest observer of the political process we have in this country. Second, he is about as far from being a bomb-thrower as you can possibly get while still getting a regular gig as a commentator on television. [...]
Who Checks the Checkers?
James Taranto, on the plethora of journalistic “fact checkers”: …2008 is the year in which “fact checking” of political ads and statements became a full-blown journalistic fad. May it soon go the way of streaking and Mexican jumping beans. The “fact check” is opinion journalism or criticism, masquerading as straight news. The object is not [...]
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