Partisanship Blinds
Lisa Rein lets her partisanship get the better of her. Partisanship gets the better of everybody, even Josh Marshall, but at least he's skeptical when he reads information that would tend to confirm his partisan leanings. It bothers me when people read news that confirms their already-held beliefs (e.g. that Bush lies—as if to suggest that those opposing Bush don't lie) and dismiss out of hand information that would go against their partisanship. I would be interested to see Lisa Rein (and others) link to and critically evaluate (which doesn't mean you have to reject) what they read in the newspaper and even more importantly, on the Internet.
I try to link to stuff I don't necessarily agree with but that is argued forcefully or eloquently. Most of the stuff that gets linked here is linked without endorsement, and although it would be safe to assume that I agree with unendorsed quotations, it's not necessarily always the case. A truly nuanced weblog links to things that challenges the weblog writer's leanings, not one that merely reinforces them.
