Revisiting An Old-Fashioned Newspaper: We’re Not Missing Much

There are still these things called newspapers out there. Yeah, I was surprised too – I gave up hardcopy papers way back when dissent was still patriotic. But out for a Sunday lunch at one of our favorite places in lovely Manhattan Beach, I noticed the front section of the Los Angeles Times lying forlornly on a counter between the napkins and the hot sauce. Someone had left it behind. The price being right, I decided to see what I’ve been missing.

The first thing I found was a long story on how the conservative movement is struggling to prove that it is not infused with racism. I was unaware of that the burden of proof is upon the accused to demonstrate its innocence, but then I remembered what I was reading. The banner picture of Joe Wilson summed up the way the article would combine dubious preconceptions with the lamest kind of liberal conventional wisdom and ignorance of the most basic elements of the conservative movement. (more…)

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Posted Sep 26th 2009 at 5:03 am in Culture, Featured Story, Media Criticism | 916274 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/kschlichter/2009/09/26/revisiting-an-old-fashioned-newspaper-were-not-missing-much/Revisiting+An+Old-Fashioned+Newspaper%3A++We%E2%80%99re+Not+Missing+Much2009-09-26+12%3A03%3A26Kurt+Schlichter