Letters to the Editor
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Keep integrity on both sides
I think Fire Dog Lake dud an excellent job with the Scooter Libby trial and agree with most of it's analyisis. Likewise my appreciation for Glenn Greenwald.
I agree it is unethical to cite the agendas of sources when writing about political controverseys.
I think, however, Greenwald is sort of acting in the way he usually decries when he leaves out the incident which led to Jame Hamsher being attacked.
While the means of attack is unethical and dishonest, they are using a real incident: Hamsher made a picture of Lieberman in blackface. I'm sorry, but in the macaca age, that's pretty indefensible.
Were this some right winger defending an attack on Matt Drudge, we'd all be pointing out how they're attacking the messenger to avoid the message.
I don't understand why Glenn left this part out. By not dealing with the content of the accusation head on, he makes it seem like he's evading a very real criticism of Hamsher.
And when others bring up what he left out, they can make it seem even more damning. For example, I have no idea of Hamsher ever apologized or made amends (which make a big difference to the significance of the story) because the only people who bring it up have no interest in this detail.
In short, it does no good if we aren't as tough on ourselves as we are with others. Once the right can start screaming hipocrisy, it can drown us out.