Take a quick gander and see what you think.
There are a couple of slow trends cropping up in the MSM (everywhere but Faux News in fact) that I have been following. This trend is heartening for a couple of reasons.
I think that, after so many years of neglect, a number of journalists are dusting off their critical thinking skills and trying them out.
Here's what I see in this note that I am seeing with (slow and insufficient, but) increasing frequency:
"And as much as some might want to believe the White House will be staging the questions, don't believe that hype. The White House knows the political price for being caught doing that is MUCH higher than having to deal with a confrontation or two at the meeting itself."
- Mr Todd calls out a patent falsehood in a political communication. This in and of itself isn't too surprising as there are more than enough falsehoods in these messages to go around.
- He takes ownership of calling a spade a spade. He doesn't say "Some people think..." or "Democrats assert" but simply "Don't believe this".
- He backs up the assertion of falsehood with reasoned facts. First is an allusion to the political consequences of staging a town hall meeting. Second is the allusion to NH history.
Sorry for the short diary, but this is the clearest example I've seen in a bit from the waffling media. No question marks, no weasel words, just a straight statement and a straight justification of that statement.
Maybe this will catch on.