|
KEN SILVERSTEIN?The Hitler Beetle, and Other Lessons from the British Press |
|
Contributed by Ken Silverstein
|
I gave a radio interview yesterday during which I extolled the British press for being far more open about the political views of reporters than we are in the States, where everyone pretends that journalists are blank slates, untainted by ideology or belief. The most ridiculous claim of journalistic neutrality I?ve ever heard voiced comes from Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of the Washington Post. He?s so pure he doesn?t vote?in other words, as a friend once remarked, Downie retains his neutrality even in the privacy of his own mind. . . .
Read more at: |
