While I've chosen to reconfigure the original words posted in the body of the thread as published in the article above and in my comments below, replaced with the safe version of "f*ck" so as not to offend anyone, clicking onto the direct link to the quote will not provide the same protection. "f*ck tim russert f*ck him with a spiky acid-tipped dick" that Weigel would do an excellent and balanced job of reporting on conservatives, even understood that it was hiring a liberal, and not a conservative (Ben Smith has more on this aspect of the controversy), the issue in the newsroom today is, How did the Post come to this?
I don’t know Weigel or really care about him. Ezra Klein is a total schmuck, just like Joe Klein at Newsweek or Time or whatever.
The issue missed here is that someone “leaked” some semi-private emails and posted them on the internet. That’s why the WaPo Leftists went beserk. However, when Walter Pincus, or Dana Priest or some other “investigative reporter” of the WaPo, or the NY Times, leaks classified military plans and assessments, it is called “ investigate journalism” worthy of a Pulitzer Prize.
Can’t have it both ways, folks, but then again, the Left has always had two or three standards they work by - No Standards, Double Standards, Double Secret Probation Standards.
Looks like someone’s ox got GORED on this Weigle thingy, jut as Fat Al’s sacred ox got GORED re the global warming hoax.
I think this is called “Payback”, baby.