Letters to the Editor
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Joe's objectivity
in the 90's Joe Conason was one of the few reporters who correctly saw through the irrational media hatred of the Clintons as well as the right wing propaganda machine that was trashing them. Because he was one of the few journalists to report objectively on this insanity when most in the media had joined in the trashing and many Dems were bamboozled by it, I would trust his analysis more than most any other journalist.
The media is still biased against the Clintons and are giving them much more critical coverage. Some like Dana Milbank and Howard Kurtz, hardly Clinton lovers, have openly admitted this. Milbank attributes it to personal dislike of the Clintons, which is completely unprofessional. In 2000 they felt the same way about Gore, leading them to unfairly trash him by repeating Republican lies, (no, Gore never claimed to have invented the internet)while painting Bush as a straight talker. Many Dems bought the smear on Gore and voted for Nader, helping us get to our current disastrous state.
Because Joe is one of the very few who was able to stand outside of the media group-think at a time when anyone who did so was the object of ridicule, he deserves to be trusted.
Every Democrat need to read "The Hunting of the President" by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason in order to understand what our candidates are up against.