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When Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong
Washington Post ^
| 3/1/04
| Howard Kurtz
Posted on 03/01/2004 5:33:36 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civildisobedience; doublestandard; howardkurtz; mediabias; newsom; nyt; pressbias; roymoore; sf; stung; stunt
To: swilhelm73
Seemed like it might be going in a good direction, But WaPo's registration policy (encountered on clickthrough) is a turnoff. Article went unread.
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posted on
03/01/2004 6:01:48 PM PST
by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: Eala
Same here.
To: GATOR NAVY
Me three.
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:12:32 PM PST
by
Oblongata
To: RealPiedPiper
Na- ga- do ah. Too bad the excerpt doesn't have the punch line.
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:27:00 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: Eala
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!!!
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:33:49 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Mo1
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?
To: GATOR NAVY
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.
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posted on
03/01/2004 9:32:55 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: swilhelm73
It's worth the read. Howard Kurtz is a straight shooter. Though, he's no Conservative, he is great at exposing Leftist bias.
To: Mo1
Just search Howard Kurtz under Google News and the link will take you right to the article. No muss no fuss.
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posted on
03/01/2004 9:49:38 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: jwalsh07
Thanks for the tip.
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