The New York Times recently made the decision to hire controversial Neo-Con pundit and PNAC (Project for the New American Century) member, William Kristol. This decision is wrong on so many levels but none more more than this: Kristol has consistently disregarded the truth while using his megaphone at the Weekly Standard, FOX News, et. al. to advance not only wrong-headed ideas, but also to (wrongly) shape the framing of the terrorism debate in America.
When asked about the Liberal backlash about the Times’ decision, editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal had this to say:
The idea that The New York Times is giving voice to a guy who is a serious, respected conservative intellectual—and somehow that’s a bad thing… How intolerant is that?
It’s not about tolerance moron, it’s about the truth…
Here’s David Sirota’s response to crooksandliars via email:
This is really sick – especially when you consider it is happening at a time when the country is clearly moving more progressive, and there are so many good progressive columnists who have guest columned for the Times before (Ehrenreich, Katha Pollit, Tom Frank, etc.).
Either way – it is an absolute abomination from the standpoint of basic accountability. A pundit being factually wrong on almost everything he hung his hat on is rewarded by the largest newspaper in the world for his track record. If ever there was an example of the world of journalism literally thumbing its nose at basic accountability, this example of Bill Kristol falling up is it.