You can't make ithis stuff up:

In today's Op-Ed about the CBS/memo story, William Safire decries the fact that:

"a national election could have been swung by a blatant falsehood"

with nary a mention of the Swift Boat boys.

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But wait, there's more! Nicky Kristof - disturbed about all the mud in the campaign this year, says that:

The only hope for stopping the mudslinging is if well-meaning people try to police their own side.

Which is an echo of David Broder's view (27 Aug):

And the candidates who benefit from the ads are the ones who have the first responsibility -- along with the media -- to police them.

Broder does mention the media, but the overall tone of both these pundits is that the media can't do the job. One has to depend on the integrity of the candidates. Fat chance (especially with people like Tom DeLay).

posted by Quiddity at 9/22/2004 03:09:00 AM