rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 9/4/2008
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A reader writes, regarding this post's reference to "publications I normally admire": Can you share with us ... which publications have disgraced themselves in your eyes? I normally have great admiration for the New York Times , which decided to run three above-the-fold stories about a ...
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Stubborn Facts —
... , something almost but not quite as obviously true as "the sun rises in the east." Ross Douthat has this pithy take on the press' vicious attempt to pole-axe Palin (how much of an idiot do you have to be not to see why the McCain camp is hostile towards the media lately? Oh. ...
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