One Word
Lame.
Is issuing a "partial apology" anything like being sort of pregnant? Is adopting a "wait and see" attitude anything like hoping like hell everyone will forget you did this but also leaving a door open so that if Rove is ever indicted for anything - even jaywalking - you can trumpet your success?
Inquiring minds and all that.
Perhaps a name change to name to Truthyout is appropriate.
UPDATE: Jane Galt: "Are those burning trousers I smell?"
By Blackhawk, Saturday, 20 May , 2006 @ 12:38 am
Ranks right up there with this little nugget from OPFOR.
http://op-for.com/2006/05/ap_telling_at_least_some_of_th.html#comments
By Hurricane Shirley, Saturday, 20 May , 2006 @ 8:01 am
I glanced at the comments at TO. I am still pondering the remark “journalism is the first draft of history and who doesn’t make a mistake on a first draft” or something to that effect. The copy editor in me agrees with your word choice, Gaius. Lame.
One thought: A blogger is not a journalist by default. If a journalist decides to become a blogger, they need to either stick to the traditional parameters of journalism or indicate somewhere that their blog is op-ed rather than news reporting.
Another point with me which I may have stated here before: I find it increasingly difficult to dialogue with anybody, whether ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative,’ who regularly applies the circular logic of “well they lied first” or “they’re more wrong than I am.” I spent too many years raising kids to listen to that one from adults.
By Gaius, Saturday, 20 May , 2006 @ 8:09 am
Yeah, you should look at some of the comment threads around here and the “reasoning” some people use.
By Juggler, Saturday, 20 May , 2006 @ 11:30 am
At this point, I Truthout needs to fire Jason Leopold if they want to have any credibility.