Still, the accusations Jim Newell makes on the Gawker website are a bit disturbing and raise some questions. I would like to hear Fred Thompson's explanation of this reverse mortgage program and the reasons (besides a paycheck) for his agreeing to be associated with AAG, which seems to have some legal problems.
However, I found Newell's piece to be exceptionally strident, with lots of bombast but little substance, except to make the case that Mr. Newell doesn't like reverse mortgages and thinks Fred Thompson is a sell-out for doing the AAG commercial. I'm not so quick to condemn Fred but I would like to know more than Newell's piece delivers.
The words “Illinois Attorney General” ought to have tipped you off to the political tendentiousness of the article’s premise.
I look at Gawker all the time, love their ‘Blind Items’, but they are DISTINCTLY progressive in political outlook; meaning they demean and ridicule conservatives, especially the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Rush, etc. I avoid any story there with a political hook.