Telling the truth:

Via Atrios, we learn of an interview of The Weekly Standard's Matt Labash over at JournalismJobs.com. Two key excerpts: (emphasis added)

We bring the pain to the liberal media. I say that mockingly, but it's true somewhat. We come with a strong point of view and people like point of view journalism. While all these hand-wringing Freedom Forum types talk about objectivity, the conservative media likes to rap the liberal media on the knuckles for not being objective. We've created this cottage industry in which it pays to be un-objective. It pays to be subjective as much as possible. It's a great way to have your cake and eat it too. Criticize other people for not being objective. Be as subjective as you want. It's a great little racket. I'm glad we found it actually.

There are very few people who have expertise across the board in anything, so you have to find amateurs who can express themselves well [on television]. But I think it's unfairly derided. Tucker Carlson used to work at The Weekly Standard and now he's on CNN. He's a natural - one of the best. He can go on the air and know nothing about a subject and pull off a beautiful piece of performance art.

posted by Quiddity at 5/19/2003 02:55:00 PM