Letters to the Editor
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Situational "Conservatives" ....the kind that give prunes the trots....
In all that time has Glenn ever called for vetting anti-war or even generally lefty commentators? Not that I've seen. It's only conservative talking heads that prompt these screeds. -- shooter242
Only conservatives prompt his "screeds"? You have a very situational definition of "conservative". I've seen him come down fairly hard on Marty Peretz, Alan Dershowitz, and some of the status quo enablers in Congress. Have Sens. Rockefeller, Schumer or Emmanuel become conservatives in the last 5 minutes? My recollection is that these distinctly liberal public figures have been on the receiving end of Glenn's posts from time to time. Granted, they receive little vetting, but they are too well-known to require much. As for obscure, "leftie" technocratic consultants -- where are they shooter242? I'm personally familiar with some of the highly qualified people who might be called upon to opine about the "hot" topic of global warming. I've yet to see or hear of any of them being tapped to speak on this matter in the popular media.
let's see you call for equal treatment of talking head scrutiny. -- shooter242
This is no problem; I strongly prefer to know as much as reasonably possible about any pontificator the "news"media sets before me. The problem is, what exactly do you require as parity in disclosure? Do you demand that the 35 year old utterances of a Chomsky's or Ayers be given the same weight as a retired general's on-going financial relationship with weapons manufacturers? I've seen you demand these sorts of unbalanced equivalences in the past, shooter242. Immediately thereafter, you declare yourself vindicated.
It's a weak tea sort of argument.