this is the primary reason that we do not have Al in the White House today. Click on link for full story.
http://dailyhowler.com/<snip>
"But uh-oh! When we read the Meyerson piece, we thought of similar earlier pieces—pieces that went unpublished by the Prospect, and by other liberal journals. After all, before Bush could start his ill-conceived war, he had to find his way to the White House—and a large gang of deeply dishonest journalists paved his way to that venue. First, they staged years of wars against President Clinton—journalistic wars which have never been explained—and then they waged an astonishing War Against Gore, the war which sent Bush to the White House. For sheer stupidity and blatant bad faith, the journalistic misconduct involved here dwarfed that of the pro-war pundits. But the Prospect? The Prospect has never listed their names, or suggested that they should be shunned by others. Jeff Gerth? His name barely registers on the Prospect’s search engines, and the notion that something peculiar happened to Gore is well beyond the journal’s ken. But President Bush was sent to the White House by a gang of major scribes who misbehaved in astonishing ways. If the Prospect had published an article about them—about the pundits who “spread demonstrable lies and falsehoods” during the assault on Gore—we’d suggest that these famous names would have led the list:
1. Ceci Connolly (The Washington Post)
2. Katharine Seelye/Frank Bruni (The New York Times)
3. Chris Matthews (Hardball)
4. Howard Fineman (Newsweek)
5. Walter Robinson (The Boston Globe)
6. Brian Williams (MSNBC)
Perhaps you’ll note something different about that list; all members hail from the mainstream press, the organs which actually put Bush in power. (No—no conservative journalist played a role which would merit inclusion.) Presumably, that’s why journals like the Prospect said nothing while these pundits were performing this function—and that is why the mighty Prospect has kept its mouth shut to this day.
Why is it hard for liberals to frame the current trashing of Cindy Sheehan? In part, because the liberal elite has made no effort to describe the discourse of the past twenty years. On the one hand, liberals have been too weak, too stupid, too inept, too uncaring, to discuss the cosmic lowering of discourse driven by figures like Rush, Sean and Drudge. But more strikingly, when the mainstream press corps staged its wars—first against Clinton, then against Gore—the liberal elite sat around and said nothing. Enter Gerth’s name on the Prospect’s search engine, and marvel at what hasn’t been done.
Meyerson’s piece is as it should be—but it calls to mind unwritten articles, the articles the hapless, failed Prospect didn’t write. The mighty Prospect shut its trap as its social cohort put Bush into power. And, of course, the mighty Prospect has kept its trap shut to this day."
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