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Paul Waldman alleges double standard in coverage of Rudy Giuliani’s Pat Robertson endorsement

Double Standardism Run Amok


Good Wednesday afternoon Fellow Seekers,
Columnist Paul Waldman of the American Prospect argues that coverage of Pat Robertson’s recent endorsement of Rudy Giuliani didn’t feature enough discussion of Robertson’s crazy claims over recent years nor enough (any?) demands from the punditocracy that Giuliani repudiate the claims and the man who made them. Wrote Waldman:
Try to imagine […]

What’s the definition of a “phony soldier?” Rush knows.

Double Standardism Run Amok


Good Friday morning Fellow Seekers,
Media Matters for America is calling attention to a Rush Limbaugh rant from his show this past Wednesday in which he dismisses U.S., troops, including those now serving in Iraq, who disagree with President Bush’s stay-until-victory strategy as “phony soldiers.”
And my colleague Jeff Fecke at Blog of the Moderate Left wonders whether those, including […]