[BenLurkin]

How do we address this critically without being labeled partisan?

Why would you want to address it critically -- unless you are partisan?

[Robert DeLong]

Why would you want to address it critically

To be able to say that they are saying it because they are nonpartisan, even though they are, and become more believed.

[wbill]

Why would you want to address it critically -- unless you are partisan?

Exactly. In an ideal world, journalists address the news *impartially*.