tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post5919530452900765651..comments2023-10-17T05:18:36.318-07:00Comments on <i>Watchdogs and Lapdogs</i>: Grow a pair.M. Deryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642995185292648416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post-20735023706451533792008-10-16T20:44:00.000-07:002008-10-16T20:44:00.000-07:00My duh: "quick fit" should have been "quick fix. A...My duh: "quick fit" should have been "quick <I>fix</I>. And the "is" is missing from my final sentence. More of those increasingly frequent Senior Moments!M. Deryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09642995185292648416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post-375857685542915822008-10-16T20:43:00.000-07:002008-10-16T20:43:00.000-07:00Keith, you're letting your cynicism, which assumes...Keith, you're letting your cynicism, which assumes a priori that every candidate's every utterance is freeze-dried bullshit (you concede as much in your kicker), cloud your vision, I think. You argue that the MSM isn't truth-squadding the candidates, then link to a CBS article that you dismiss as "little" yet impressed me as fairly substantive for a Web-friendly story. (News sites aren't THE NEW YORKER; most readers just hit and run, and prefer their news in quick-fit snippets.) More to the point, it's simply not accurate to suggest that no one is calling B.S. The gang over at factcheck.org all over these debates <A HREF="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_biden-palin_debate.html" REL="nofollow">like ugly on an ape.</A>M. Deryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09642995185292648416noreply@blogger.com