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Monday, May 23, 2005
The Steffen situation and so-called media bias.
Today's article in the Baltimore Sun reports that Melinda O'Malley, the Mayor's sister-in-law and a Maryland Insurance Administration attorney, was targeted in a Joe Steffen e-mail for removal. This e-mail inquiring as to the ability to "move" her from her job was sent while Mrs. O'Malley was on--prepare yourself--maternity leave. That's gall. It's also way outside the bounds of what we consider acceptable political activity.
Blair Lee's piece in The Gazette last week decried "Rumorgate" (as he calls it) as "the most sensationalized, over-reported news story in Maryland politics" and "news manipulation to sway views and votes". Note to Mr. Lee: if a story about a dirty-trickster doing his political deeds on taxpayer time isn't worth coverage, then perhaps you've become blind to your own bias. Maybe that's why he's on WBAL.
Note that in his piece, Lee certainly doesn't decry the reporting of Ehrlich's MD4BUSH blame-game. If anything has gotten too much coverage, it's the nearly without-evidence claim that a Democratic operative under direct orders from the state party is behind baiting Steffen into his boasts on FreeRepublic. Unless MD4BUSH is a government employee using taxpayer-bought computers, who cares? There's no evidence that MD4BUSH has done anything wrong other than outsmarting a dim-witted operative who was too full of himself to keep his mouth shut. If I could sucker a Republican trickster into outing himself in a similar fashion, you're damn right I'd do it. And don't think there aren't Republicans trying the same thing on Democrats.
So here's a tip Mr. Lee--keep your self-righteousness to yourself. Your bitching about the media's bias while simultaneously perpetuating it is hypocrisy at its greatest.
Blair Lee's piece in The Gazette last week decried "Rumorgate" (as he calls it) as "the most sensationalized, over-reported news story in Maryland politics" and "news manipulation to sway views and votes". Note to Mr. Lee: if a story about a dirty-trickster doing his political deeds on taxpayer time isn't worth coverage, then perhaps you've become blind to your own bias. Maybe that's why he's on WBAL.Note that in his piece, Lee certainly doesn't decry the reporting of Ehrlich's MD4BUSH blame-game. If anything has gotten too much coverage, it's the nearly without-evidence claim that a Democratic operative under direct orders from the state party is behind baiting Steffen into his boasts on FreeRepublic. Unless MD4BUSH is a government employee using taxpayer-bought computers, who cares? There's no evidence that MD4BUSH has done anything wrong other than outsmarting a dim-witted operative who was too full of himself to keep his mouth shut. If I could sucker a Republican trickster into outing himself in a similar fashion, you're damn right I'd do it. And don't think there aren't Republicans trying the same thing on Democrats.
So here's a tip Mr. Lee--keep your self-righteousness to yourself. Your bitching about the media's bias while simultaneously perpetuating it is hypocrisy at its greatest.
Docciavelli 7:20 AM