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Your Liberal Media At Work | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I've come to despise the Washington Post, (none / 0)

but I'll tolerate it for a few features. Columnist Colbert King is an example.

His latest column, Memo From a Poison Penn, is a must-read. He takes on Mark Penn, and asking some of the same questions I've had, too. You should read the whole thing, but it ends this way (emphasis mine):

It's not so easy, however, to look past Penn.
He's a longtime Clinton insider, the chief executive of the public relations giant Burson-Marsteller and an adviser to Fortune 500 chieftains. He's accorded respectability, access to the powerful and a fat bank account.
We have, thanks to Penn's own hand, a glimpse into his ethics and values. We can see how he would exploit heritage, background and class and use misleading and offensive characterizations in his work. We understand how he would go about challenging and demeaning Obama's American identity by suggesting that the Hawaii-born, Columbia- and Harvard-educated U.S. senator from Illinois is not American enough.
Cynically, he would make Obama out to be a threat to American values and culture.
It's clear from the memo exactly what type of politics Penn would practice.
What is unclear, though, in an increasingly diverse and multicultural America, where merit and not lineage or class should be deciding factors, is why the salons of Washington, the boardrooms of corporate America and the doors of foreign governments are open to such a divider and fear-exploiter as Mark Penn.
It's fair to ask about his roots in basic American values. Why do business with him?

Why, indeed.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 10:26:20 PM EST

Re: I've come to despise the Washington Post, (none / 0)

Why, indeed.

For the same reason that many candidates resort to all forms of negative campaigning - it too often works.

The Underground Railroad

by Oscar In Louisville on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 11:32:29 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I've come to despise the Washington Post, (none / 0)

Oh, of course. But I think King wanted to shine a bright light on who Penn is, and also afflict the comfortable.

If they wouldn't have dealings with an avowed supremacist--and the memos show there's not a lot of day light between the two--then why is getting business, and holding court among the Georgetown salon set?

IOW, why is he still seen as "respectable"?

Good question. Why is he?

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Sun Aug 17th, 2008 at 10:17:36 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I've come to despise the Washington Post, (none / 0)

That's a good question in terms of respectability. He's like our own little Turd Blossom, without the blossom...

The Underground Railroad

by Oscar In Louisville on Sun Aug 17th, 2008 at 03:34:23 PM EST
[ Parent ]

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