Opinion purveyors are just that
In response to the Free Press Valentine’s Day editorial about liberal bias in the media: To cite opinion columnists and commentators like Frank Rich, Keith Olbermann and Bill Press as journalists “who claim to present the news impartially” is like getting upset with Bugs Bunny for not being more serious and scholarly.
Opinion purveyors on TV and in print are just that; and for the Free Press to cite such personalities as proof of some larger liberal conspiracy in the media is both misleading and irresponsible to its readers.
On the contrary, it would be refreshing to see the Free Press editorial board attempt to follow its own advice in giving positions “impartially” without using muddied facts in support — just as it would be refreshing to see that same board do more than simply trumpet and echo the party line of such “impartial” commentators as Rush Limbaugh or Thomas Sowell. Indeed, a well-thought-out, factually-supported position on either side of the aisle would mark a welcome development in our local political commentary.
STUART GAINES