J. D. Prose – 4/13/09

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Political Prose: Next generation speaks; J. D. Prose; Beaver County Times; April 13, 2009.

As you read this opinion column, keep in mind Mr. Prose wears at least one other hat for the Times. Mr. Prose is also a reporter covering political stories. Ask yourself this. When a pundit gives his political opinions in one part of the paper, can he be trusted to report politics objectively elsewhere in the paper? After all, would a person whose opinion is 1+1 equals 3 report 1+1 really equals 2?

Rather than subject you to the whole column, I’ll focus on the section “KING OF COMEDY.”

“KING OF COMEDY

“There were very few things funny about Republican strategist Karl Rove when he was the hyper-partisan brains telling President George Bush how to destroy the fabric of our federal government. However, since his banishment to Talking Head Land, Rove’s been showing his comedic side.”

[RWC] Just as in his other rant of today, Mr. Prose begins with name-calling and personal attacks.

Does Mr. Prose not recognize that he himself is in the print equivalent of “Talking Head Land?”

“He’s whined about Democratic partisanship, and now he’s casting a wary eye on the Obama White House. Hilarious stuff coming from the King of Blood Politics.”

[RWC] Where are the examples to support the claim?

“‘Team Obama wants to remind its adversaries it has plenty of power, and it does. The question is whether the White House will wield it responsibly,’ Rove wrote in a Wall Street Journal column.

“Can someone please muzzle this hypocrite? Oh, we forgot. He works for Faux News, where hypocrisy is a virtue.”

[RWC] Mr. Prose wrote in his other rant of today “We’ve [Mr. Prose] spent our life defending freedom of speech, and we’d die to keep it” while concurrently telling opponents to “shut up” or be “muzzle[d].” And Mr. Prose accuses others of hypocrisy? For his sake, let’s hope Mr. Prose’s windows are made of break-proof glass.

Finally, given the alleged factual content of his columns and his newspaper, Mr. Prose sure has nerve referring to any other outlet as “Faux News.”