May 22, 2009

The National Journal - Accepting Right-Wing Talking Points and Creating New Ones

Just another morning's work in how they cover the court-related news. First, Stuart Taylor calls Judge Sotomayor (who he's down-graded to the fifth most likely person to replace Justice Souter) a racist. and calls for her to be banished from polite society. Then Kirk Victor writes a piece whose headline boldly claims that Democrats began the ideological wars over the Court in the 1980s. That would come as quite a shock to those involved in the fights over President Nixon's nominees, or Judge Parker who was denied a seat on the Court in 1930, or any of the ideological fights over Court nominees that happened before the twentieth. Maybe it's just me but I'd think a publication that seeks to be the paper of record for DC should employ folks who have at least a little knowledge of US political history.

Posted by armand at May 22, 2009 11:56 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Media


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