Archive for June, 2007

Question: Are Most Journalists Liberal? Answer: Yes.

Q&A


A solid majority of so-called mainstream journalists are liberals, if by liberals we mean they usually vote for Democrats, support abortion rights, opposed the Iraq war before the majority of the country did, favor more progressive taxation than conservatives, etc.
This is in some respects an inconvenient truth, at least for mainstream journalists fighting a rear-guard […]

Putdown for Paulose: Colleagues Clap for Her Critics at Retirement Party

A Modest Scoop


Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, suffered through an awkward moment Tuesday when a retirement party for a long-serving prosecutor in her office turned into a thunderous ovation for several of Paulose’s severest critics. Word of the incident has buzzed through the Twin Cities federal legal community and become the latest symbol of […]