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Political Prose: New Year’s resolution ruined; J. D. Prose; Beaver County Times; January 18, 2010.
As you read this opinion column, keep in mind Mr. Prose wears at least one other hat for the Times. In addition to being an entertainer/pundit, Mr. Prose is 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? Does he have a “Chinese wall” in his head to keep his opinions from bleeding into his reporting? If it can get worse than that, Mr. Prose has made name-calling and personal attacks a foundation of his columns. If pushed, I’d be willing to bet Mr. Prose would try to excuse his writing by claiming he’s paid to be controversial and stir debate. The problem is, you don’t need to get into name-calling and personal attacks to accomplish those goals.
You can find the archive of my Prose column critiques here.
This is just another name-calling exercise by Mr. Prose. Regarding his comments about Rush Limbaugh, you won’t be surprised to learn Mr. Prose cherry picked Mr. Limbaugh’s comments. Don’t take my word for it, though. If you want to learn what Mr. Limbaugh really said, read the transcript at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011310/content/01125106.guest.html. Rather than doing real research, perhaps Mr. Prose simply read a story (Bush, Clinton; Haiti response not about politics; Associated Press; January 17, 2010) published on the Times website.
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