YES, THEY REALLY ARE LYING WHORES

Atrios points out a post by Yglesias about the liars on the Right and I can't help adding this frank admission from a wingnut insider:


"We come with a strong point of view and people like point of view journalism. While all these hand-wringing Freedom forum types talk about objectivity, the conservative media likes to rap the liberal media on the knuckles for not being objective. We've created this cottage industry in which it pays to be un-objective. It pays to be subjective as much as possible. It's a great way to have your cake and eat it too. Criticize other people for not being objective. Be as subjective as you want. It's a great little racket. I'm glad we found it actually."

Matt Labash, 32, is a senior writer with The Weekly Standard, Interview with Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard -- May 2003