... And the Self-Effacing Modesty of Walt Whitman

From the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting blog, this amazing quotation from a USA Today piece on hoax artist James O'Keefe:O'Keefe's tactics combine "the guerrilla of Borat, the gotcha of Dateline…and the gonzo approach of Hunter S. Thompson," O'Keefe said in an interview."I hope if I'm ever profiled by USA Today, I'll get to sing my own praises like that," FAIR writer Peter Hart concluded. Me

... And the Self-Effacing Modesty of Walt Whitman

From the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting blog, this amazing quotation from a USA Today piece on hoax artist James O'Keefe:O'Keefe's tactics combine "the guerrilla of Borat, the gotcha of Dateline…and the gonzo approach of Hunter S. Thompson," O'Keefe said in an interview."I hope if I'm ever profiled by USA Today, I'll get to sing my own praises like that," FAIR writer Peter Hart concluded. Me

I Didn't Say It, I Didn't Mean It, and Anyway It's the Truth!

I'm listening right now to Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!, NPR's light-hearted quiz show about current events, and it brings home to me all over again how worthless NPR is.There's already evidence that James O'Keefe's latest "sting" involved dishonest and distorting editing of the source material. Given his record, no one should be surprised. The depressing thing to me, despite my distaste for NPR,

I Didn't Say It, I Didn't Mean It, and Anyway It's the Truth!

I'm listening right now to Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!, NPR's light-hearted quiz show about current events, and it brings home to me all over again how worthless NPR is.There's already evidence that James O'Keefe's latest "sting" involved dishonest and distorting editing of the source material. Given his record, no one should be surprised. The depressing thing to me, despite my distaste for NPR,