(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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[Watch this space for: Pentagon and Petroleum, The Media is only as Liberal as the Corporations Who Own Them, Wash Down With, and Recalcify]
Mickey Kaus, the "liberal" journalist - not sure which word to put the [sic] after there - just can't let an argument end, especially when he's not advancing same and plainly bringing himself into disrepute. Read his January 6 "In DeLong's Run," and then read Brad DeLong's response to Kaus' "embarrassing" defense of economic adviser Glenn Hubbard. A choice bit:
Kaus: Berkeley Professors do lie. Maybe this professor is lying. How can we tell? We need to be skeptical.DeLong: Fourth edition. Page 661. There are libraries. There is Amazon. There is fact-checking.
Of course, even the worst journalists would submit a piece suggesting dishonesty re: an easily verifiable matter to a perfunctory fact check. That Kaus didn't bother speaks volumes. posted by Anonymous10:49 PM
The Watchers
WBW: Keeping track of the war exhortations of the warbloggers.