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How does Buchanan top Altmire saving orphans?; J.D. Prose; Beaver County Times; January 23, 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.
Leave it to Mr. Prose to turn an instance of people trying to help the Haitians into a political p***ing contest. As for “Thursday’s letter to the editor from Independence Township resident Charles Matthews,” please read my critique. Mr. Prose accusing Rush Limbaugh of making “political fodder of a devastating earthquake that might claim 200,000 lives” is a hoot! What is the primary subject and purpose of this column?
Finally, did Mr. Prose actually make it through an entire column without explicit name-calling?
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