Why do journalists suddenly love Al Gore?

After they tempt him into the presidential race, they'll probably try to destroy him again. And he knows it.

The sudden fashion for favorable comment won't influence any thoughtful American's opinion of Gore, but it should remind us of the dismal media performance that did such a terrible disservice to him and to the nation. Although Gore himself certainly deserves a measure of blame for the catastrophic conclusion of the 2000 presidential election and the events that led up to it, his hateful treatment by the press slanted the campaign against him from the ... Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
2.8
by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

Joe Conason used to write good journalism, but now he has become little more than a Democratic Party apparatchik, as is reflected once again in this fairly unoriginal piece about the glories of Al Gore and the abuses of the media.

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