{"id":1467,"date":"2009-05-21T07:26:30","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T13:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2009-05-21T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T13:26:30","slug":"team-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=1467","title":{"rendered":"Team players"},"content":{"rendered":"

I pick on "conservative" columnists a lot here.  I've noted elsewhere (click here<\/a>) why this is so.  Now I am not the only one making this observation. From County Fair<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Last week, I noted that the numerical advantage conservatives have on the nation's op-ed pages doesn't tell the whole story:<\/p>\n

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There's a huge qualitative<\/em> difference between the conservatives given newspaper columns and their progressive counterparts as well. The conservatives tend to be more partisan, more aggressive, and more reliable advocates for their "team."<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/em> employs as a columnist Bill Kristol, a hyperpartisan neocon Republican strategist who has been a key player in GOP efforts to block health care and start unnecessary wars. Who is supposed to be Kristol's counterpart? Richard Cohen, who opposes affirmative action,<\/a> supports torture<\/a>, and attacked liberals who opposed Kristol's war in Iraq<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, here's what you see if you turn to the op-ed page of today's Washington Post<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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Former Bush speechwriter and current Post <\/em>columnist Michael Gerson<\/a> on "The Democrats' Assault on the CIA."<\/p>\n

Conservative Post <\/em>columnist Kathleen Parker<\/a> on chaos in the GOP.<\/p>\n

Former Bush aide Ed Gillespie<\/a>, misleading readers about his party's historical reaction to Supreme Court nominees by Democratic presidents.<\/p>\n

Centrist Post <\/em>columnist David Ignatius<\/a> on President Obama's approach to Israel<\/p>\n

Liberal Post <\/em>columnist Ruth Marcus<\/a> writing about her new puppy. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So that's three conservatives, including two former Bush aides, a centrist, and a progressive. One conservative attacking Democrats, one conservative misleading readers about the Supreme Court and attacking Democrats, one conservative noting disarray in the GOP, and a liberal writing about her dog.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I invite those who hunger for balance on this page to produce the party-line liberal columnists in national newspapers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I pick on "conservative" columnists a lot here.  I've noted elsewhere (click here) why this is so.  Now I am not the only one making this observation. From County Fair: Last week, I noted that the numerical advantage conservatives have on the nation's op-ed pages doesn't tell the whole story: There's a huge qualitative difference … Continue reading Team players<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[299,190,383,549,550],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-balance","tag-bias","tag-conservatives","tag-liberals","tag-op-ed-pages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}