Posted on 05/09/2008 11:55:57 AM PDT by Rufus2007
It's not unusual for journalists to attempt to distance themselves from the appearance of political ties, especially when trying not to be perceived as biased. But saying you do and actually doing are two separate things.
U.S. News & World Report Editor-in-Chief and chairman of Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) Mort Zuckerman was asked about donating money to Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton's fading campaign by Huffington Post blogger and MSNBC "Morning Joe" regular John Ridley on the May 9 "Morning Joe."
"I wish I could make a contribution, but I'm in the world of journalism and I can't, but thank you for the offer," Zuckerman said.
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It would be fun to get him and Ted Turner together. They could babble nonsense at each other, and it could be taped for later broadcast on Babbling Billionaires episode of Jackass.
“but I’m in the world of journalism and I can’t,”
‘Integrity’ is okay so long as it saves him a buck, but doesn’t keep those in his ‘world’ from lying, distorting, omitting, spinning, attacking, assassinating, and destroying to promote their leftist agenda.
I thought Zuckerman was right of center actually. I could swear he had done some op eds that indicated he was closer to our side of the spectrum but maybe not.
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