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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: ColtonGang who wrote (34668)9/5/2000 7:32:14 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
As usual, you attack the messenger without even hearing what he has to say. Mickey Kaus says Clymer did not do good reporting. Out of that comment, you totally reject everything ever written in the New Republic. You are not rational. This is what Kaus wrote, in case you missed it:

Scorecard: Heavily biased against Bush. Clymer makes sweeping judgments that aren't justified by the ad or by his own reporting. Am I saying ad-checkers must adopt a spurious even-handed pose, never daring to say that an ad is "flat wrong?" No. I'm saying when they trash an ad for having "zero" accuracy they should be right in that judgment.

Ad-checking boxes that are as biased as this one are rare, but Clymer's failing also reflects the tensions inherent in the form. The very placement of the ad "scorecard" on the Times' hard news pages implies that the best way to judge such ads is on "factual" accuracy, as opposed to more subjective policy grounds. The format also puts pressure on reporters to come to clear- cut conclusions, precisely to avoid deadly even-handedness. But most ads, including this one, aren't "flat wrong" on fact grounds. They might be effectively denounced on policy grounds, but that's not something Times reporters are allowed to do. Instead, their policy preferences often express themselves as exaggerated judgments about accuracy.
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