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Bill Kristol, the gift that keeps on giving
Political Animal —
... Every writer makes mistakes; I’ve made plenty myself. But Kristol’s writing is pedestrian and predictable; the Times has editors and fact-checkers; and he’s only been on the job since January. And how many times has the Times been forced to run corrections relating to Kristol’s sloppiness? Based on a count from Amanda at TP, we’ve seen three in the last eight months, and today’s error would be #4. (If you want to get picky about it, one of Amanda’s examples included two separate factual errors in the same column, which would make ...
Number Four
Matthew Yglesias —
... Amanda Terkel notes the fourth time The New York Times has needed to make a material correction to Bill Kristol’s column since it was launched in January. Is this seriously the best person the NYT could find to fill that slot? I bet it’s not difficult to identify people willing to take on the challenge of the country’s most prestigious op-ed page page. ...
Putting the rat in erratum
Firedoglake —
... But by far my favorite aspect of Kristol's column -- other than the forthcoming correction -- is the never ending series of McCain VP predictions. ...
Kristol's meth
Rising Hegemon —
... But by far my favorite aspect of Kristol's column -- other than the forthcoming correction -- is the never ending series of McCain VP predictions. ...
Kristol clear
Political Animal —
... ticket would be as conservative as any traditional Republican pairing, but voters might be fooled into thinking otherwise . That, at its core, is Kristol's message to the McCain campaign: pick Lieberman, run to the right, and con the public into thinking the ticket is something unique and different. How painfully cynical, and yet, strangely predictable, given the source. Post Script : I should add, by the way, that this makes one column in a row in which Kristol did not publish any obvious factual errors that required printed corrections. Keep up the sterling work, Bill.— ...
Ambivalent
Firedoglake —
... Oh, Bill Kristol, he's ever so busy, almost as much as his New York Times fact-checker. His contract is nearly up with the Times, ...
"You don't have the Prestige!"
Rising Hegemon —
... Oh, Bill Kristol, he's ever so busy, almost as much as his New York Times fact-checker. His contract is nearly up with the Times, ...
?Kristol Ball? Breaks: Stevens Will ?Hang On In Alaska,? McCain Will Conquer The ?Path To The Presidency?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... record during this campaign season. Perhaps that’s because the man behind it is still trying to perfect a more elementary skill: fact-checking . Transcript: ...
Kristol leaves the Times
Political Animal —
... one-year contract with the paper of record would get an extension, and today, we get our answer: he's done. Whether the Times showed him the door or Kristol quit is unclear, but the result is the same. It's hard to overstate what an embarrassment this was from the start. Not only was Kristol's writing pedestrian and predictable, but he had an unfortunate habit of making obvious factual mistakes, which necessitated frequent corrections. Indeed, at last count, Kristol prompted four corrections in one year -- though, if you want to get picky about it, one of the four included ...
