1/08/2005
Mutual aid society
The conservative agit-prop machine seldom takes the crude form of paying bucks for commentary like the case of Armstrong Williams. Usually it's far cozier than that. Like, say, handing out state jobs to reliable media supporters.
Flabloggers will remember the sad story of the T-U editorial writer who resigned amid accusations (aired in the local alt weekly) of plagiarism, sexism and porn-culling in the office. Well, after the editorial writer resigned, he landed a $80,000-a-year job writing for the governor's office. The righties do look after their own and the taxpayers often pick up the tab. (The Herald-Trib seems to have been first with this story. [Via Florida News.])
Added to these controversies, is the writer's authorship of an editorial telling its readers, in effect, that in the big-picture long view, slavery was no big deal and not restricted to the U.S. so the negroes should stop whining. "Thoughtful answers, not knee-jerk responses, are needed" it concluded in high-minded passive voice, as though anticipating the reaction. You can get a flavor of the reaction: here and here and here.
Flabloggers will remember the sad story of the T-U editorial writer who resigned amid accusations (aired in the local alt weekly) of plagiarism, sexism and porn-culling in the office. Well, after the editorial writer resigned, he landed a $80,000-a-year job writing for the governor's office. The righties do look after their own and the taxpayers often pick up the tab. (The Herald-Trib seems to have been first with this story. [Via Florida News.])
Added to these controversies, is the writer's authorship of an editorial telling its readers, in effect, that in the big-picture long view, slavery was no big deal and not restricted to the U.S. so the negroes should stop whining. "Thoughtful answers, not knee-jerk responses, are needed" it concluded in high-minded passive voice, as though anticipating the reaction. You can get a flavor of the reaction: here and here and here.
