Sunday, December 30, 2007

more on rewarding incompetence

Hmmm, maybe the New York Fucking Times will give Dumbya his own column, too...

Bill Kristol is rewarded for being “wrong” on everything: NY Times gig is a comin’

This is really sick - especially when you consider it is happening at a time when the country is clearly moving more progressive, and there are so many good progressive columnists who have guest columned for the Times before (Ehrenreich, Katha Pollit, Tom Frank, etc.).
Either way - it is an absolute abomination from the standpoint of basic accountability. A pundit being factually wrong on almost everything he hung his hat on is rewarded by the largest newspaper in the world for his track record. If ever there was an example of the world of journalism literally thumbing its nose at basic accountability, this example of Bill Kristol falling up is it.

1 comment:

k-mad said...

Proof that plutocrapitalism is not a merit system...

If I had Billy K's gift with the English language, perhaps I could express how much I hate everything, as exemplified by this.