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Area labor leaders treat congressman like political piñata; J.D. Prose; Beaver County Times; April 17, 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 part-time 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.
Most of the column is Mr. Prose’s SOP, so I’ll address only his Rush Limbaugh comment. In one sentence Mr. Prose refers to Mr. Limbaugh as a “gas bag,” and in the next refers to Mr. Limbaugh’s “classless and disgusting style.” You have to give Mr. Prose “credit” for chutzpah and for the “courage” to throw rocks from within a glass house. Does Mr. Prose read his own columns?
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