Media Watch: What’s Good for The Goose …

Media Watchdog

Published on August 22, 2008 By stevendedalus In Politics

Eric Alterman, the liberal media watchdog, has every right to continue to bludgeon the media for outrageous reporting notorious for omissions and outright myth-making disinformation. However, to single out Dana Milbank, the Washington Post’s White House columnist, Alterman is childishly shutting down opposing views of the other. Milbank is in a position to say what he thinks and has no obligation to temper it with the other side—few columnists do. If he thinks Obama has developed from presumptive to presumptuous so be it.

Although the editorial board of the Post is notorious for flip-flopping and being all over the lot in taking pretentious postures, it nonetheless, does a splendid job in presenting thorough news copy. Moreover, beyond Milbank, they counter with columnists like Robinson, Marcus, and Dionne Jr., all of whom are rather competent at viewing both sides even though tilting toward Obama.

To jump on the Post is like jumping on Fox for hiring Colmes and Rivera. After all, the Times has Brooks and

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