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Call Them What They Are: Smear Merchants
Do you remember the days when the New York Times was considered to be a respectable newspaper? I found this surprising statement about the executive editor:
Long-time executive editor Abe Rosenthal was famous for his public dedication to impartial and unbiased journalism, combined with the understanding that journalists generally tended to lean leftward in their personal views. Later NYT executive editor Joseph Lelyveld said of Rosenthal, ‘Abe would always say, with some justice, that you have to keep your hand on the tiller and steer to the right or it’ll drift off to the left.’
I was even more surprised to learn about this assessment of the NYT by William F. Buckley:
Androcles, a young Roman slave, sought escape in the wilderness from his unhappy life. Finding respite in a cave, he found himself face to face with a lion. The beast was anxious only for the removal of a thorn from his paw. Upon its extraction by Androcles, the lion submitted to the man, caring for him. After being captured as a runaway some time later, Androcles was sentenced to death-by-mauling within the coliseum. However, the lion let loose upon Androcles was one and the same who had benefited from the slave’s earlier kindness. Instead of attacking the defenseless man, the lion lay at his feet, whereupon both were released by an astounded Roman governor.
“THIS is how you treat people!” I proclaimed, a quiver in my voice.
I felt vindicated for my early attacks on the 1619 Project when I 
The list is long for all the people who have been criticized and condemned by the Right for their participation in the Trump-Russia fiasco. Many on the list pretend to be public servants but, unfortunately, they are political hacks who have shown they are willing to do just about anything to get rid of Donald Trump. But from my perspective, one man has been mentioned only in passing, and he deserves to be in the glaring spotlight of justice. His many years of unethical behavior and manipulation need to be not just called out; there must be a way to hold him to account.