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Tuesday, April 8, 2008 12:00 AM

Megan McArdle and Dan Drezner's defense of the media

There are people who believe the press should be covering Obama's bowling scores and Monica Lewinsky while ignoring torture, lawbreaking, and the suspension of the Fourth Amendment.

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008 07:03 AM

    they're not just in it for the fun...

    ...there's a lot of job security/wingnut welfare that comes with complicity like this.

    we let the media off the hook every time we say that they're in it for the fun, or that they're simply "not doing their jobs/lazy". they are, and have been for years, COMPLICIT. and that's how it should be presented at the International Criminal Court.

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