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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (6771)12/13/2005 3:26:15 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (4) of 542010
 
Froomkin's quote in that piece is superb - but Kaplan's argument that one-sided partisanship is an acceptable form of "truth" reminds me of Barry Goldwater. Any kind of extremism in the defense of liberty can't be bad, right?

That's not a centrist view. It's just sour grapes that rightwing partisan journalism has prevailed over the left the last several years.

I prefer Froomkin's sense of getting to the truth no matter which side it is on:

"Froomkin put it this way in his response on the Post’s blog: “My agenda, such as it is, is accountability and transparency. I believe that the president of the United States, no matter what his party, should be subject to the most intense journalistic scrutiny imaginable… This column’s advocacy is in defense of the public’s right to know what its leader is doing and why. To that end, it calls attention to times when reasonable, important questions are ducked; when disingenuous talking points are substituted for honest explanations; and when the president won’t confront his critics -- or their criticisms -- head on. The journalists who cover Washington and the White House should be holding the president accountable. When they do, I bear witness to their work. And the answer is for more of them to do so -- not for me to be dismissed as highly opinionated and liberal because I do.”

Substitute conservative for liberal at the end and George Will could have written that quote. It's a great statement of principle over partisanship.
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