On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:16:48AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > Then, of course, came his treatment of Clinton.... where somehow he > completely missed the fact that although the press was willing to > call him a liar on matters of *scandal*, they granted him the same > deference as every other President in terms of calling him a liar on > matters of public policy.
Which is pretty good support for the main point of the article, that journalists sidestep mention lies about politics, but feel it is perfectly okay to harp on lies related to the personal life of the president. Seems sort of backwards. > Alas, what started off as a possibly interesting and even-handed look > at the state of American public discourse, ended up as yet another > screed by Democrats against Republicans. yawn. Seems like everything you write is the converse of that statement. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
