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Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Jeffrey Rosen, TNR and the anonymous smears against Sonia Sotomayor

The gossipy hit piece aimed at a potential Supreme Court nominee illustrates how toxic is anonymity-based "journalism."

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  • Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:35 PM

    Systemic Poison

    For all we know, Rosen's anonymous source could be Joan Walsh's new pet, The Anonymous Wingnut.

    But, hey, if there's one thing Salon readers need, it's a weekly reminder that Walsh sees absolutely nothing wrong with extending anonymity to a former Bush Administration henchman whose sole mission is to catapult the propaganda from a secret hidey-hole somewhere in The Fatherland.

    Thank goodness Joan Walsh has so much integrity that she is capable of shouldering the burden of The Wingnut's identity on our collective behalf, thereby sparing the provincial readership from such an awesome responsibility.

    Who can it be. Rove? Gonzales? Cheney? Condi? Rummy? Yoo? Only Joan knows for sure! Tune in later this week, and in the months to come, for more clues!

    It's like The Da Vinci Code with even worse dialog than Dan Brown's.

    We can all sleep better tonight certain in the knowledge that "civility" is such an awesome liberal virtue.

    Anonymity: It's The New Transparency.

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