When Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong

Washington Post ^ | 3/1/04 | Howard Kurtz

[swilhelm73]

When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom defied state law by allowing same-sex marriage licenses, a New York Times profile reported him sporting "a wide grin," "describing his motives as pure and principled," and cited his "business acumen, money, good looks and friends in the right places."

But when Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore also defied the law -- by installing a Ten Commandments display in his public building -- a Times profile said that "civil liberties groups accused Justice Moore of turning a courthouse into a church," while allowing that he had also become "an Alabama folk hero."

On the editorial page, the Times criticized Moore, likening him to George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door, but supports Newsom's protest and gay marriage.

[Eala]

Seemed like it might be going in a good direction, But WaPo's registration policy (encountered on clickthrough) is a turnoff. Article went unread.

[GATOR NAVY]

Same here.

[Oblongata]

Me three.

[gcruse]

Na- ga- do ah. Too bad the excerpt doesn't have the punch line.

[Mo1]

But WaPo's registration policy (encountered on clickthrough) is a turnoff. Article went unread.

Same here .. I tried registering and it won't let me in .. I even tried adjusting the cookies and still no go

HEY WP .. Your new setup STINKS!!!

[GATOR NAVY]

It was annoying enough when they used to ask for country, age and gender, but that were easy enough to lie on. No way I'd give them my e-mail, and what's all that about job and title?

[Mo1]

IMO .. It's to get enough info so they can spam you with emails

Which is no biggy since I used another email that I have for this very reason.

[davidtalker]

It's worth the read. Howard Kurtz is a straight shooter. Though, he's no Conservative, he is great at exposing Leftist bias.

[jwalsh07]

Just search Howard Kurtz under Google News and the link will take you right to the article. No muss no fuss.

[GATOR NAVY]

Thanks for the tip.