Posted on 06/22/2011 9:46:22 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
World history is the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
Stunning
The New York Times has published a bitter, whining screed that has to be one of the most amazing pieces ever to appear in its pages. Written by a journalist, it is, in essence, a complaint with a purpose: it decries a politician’s view of the news media, and then does all it can to disqualify that politician as a candidate for public office.
Just how goofy or extreme would a politician’s denunciation have to be to provoke a journalist into reacting that strongly? It seems reasonable to assume the Solon must be a nutcase — or that he got badly carried away when he shot his mouth off.
It’s significant that the journalist skewering this politician is not a columnist or weblogger seeking to entertain his readers, but the executive editor of the paper. This is the boss speaking, and he’s defending not just his newspaper, but the entire press.
His tone tells you he thinks of himself as a sage roused to righteous indignation by impudence that is literally dangerous to the body politic.
What set him on fire? Here are the words uttered by the object of his anger:
“It is our vets who we owe our freedom — not the politician, not the reporter –it is our vets, so that’s why we’re here.”
Yes, that’s it. That’s literally all of the quote that has provoked an angry rejoinder and an attempt to read the critic right out of the political process.
(Excerpt) Read more at newterrapingazette.com ...
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