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Imagine Kerry had cheated during the debates. Imagine he wore some kind of communication device and an earpiece so he could get instructions from some political operative off-stage, etc. Now, imagine further that the evidence of this was clear cut and pretty much undeniable. And, finally, imagine that the "ultra-liberal" paper of record, the New York Times, spiked the story to "protect the integrity of the election" or some such about a week before election day.

Do you think the ConservaBorg might have just been a wee bit outraged? Do you think we might be seeing the whole Dan Rather fiasco raised to about the 25th power? Do you think some of the most gung-ho Republigoons in Congress might be making noises about passing a law and media content and oversight?

I'm just wondering why there's basically been zero coverage (except from FAIR) of Bush's cheating and the NY Times' role in covering it up. As Atrios would say, maybe it's time we had yet another hand-wringing discussion about those worrisome ethics in the out-of-control blogosphere.

Bitch all you want about the partisan shouting between liberals and conservatives, but hey, at least we liberals seem to know what the hell we're talking about. When is the last time a ConservaBorg Blogger's feet were seriously held to the fire by the mainstream media over a spectacularly wrong (and easily falsifiable) claim, outlandish statement (a daily occurrence) or stupid prediction?

You can watch a ConservaBorg factual train wreck in action if you know any of the basic facts about Social Security.

Posted by Observer at February 7, 2005 07:09 AM