The Forum’s Lazy Editorial
This is what passes for an editorial at the Fargo Forum? In depth analysis like this:
And this?
Give me a break.
The Forum wonders if our leaders are "intellectually capable" to handle the "complex problems" we face today? Why don't they come right out and call Bush stupid rather than dancing around the issue?
And speaking of issues, what does this editorial really tell us? Oh sure it hits all the usual left talking points - Pointless war, tax cuts for the rich, Bush disconnected from reality, blah, blah, blah - but it doesn't go into much depth.
All I'm getting from this editorial is that some on the editorial board at the Forum hate President Bush, have bought into all the liberal talking points, but aren't capable of mustering anything more convincing than this limp-wristed re-hashing of a MoveOn.org press release.
The editorial calls for an abandonment of party loyalty and an embrace of reality. Perhaps the folks at the Forum ought to look in the mirror before they go about offering advice like that.
Update:
According to reader Tom Dennis it appears as though my criticism of the Forum may have been misdirected.
The letter came across my feed reader, and when I clicked through it was marked as an editorial.
I'm glad to hear this isn't the output of the Forum's editorial board as that would have been a sad commentary on the state of that newspaper.
Our president says we are making progress and stay the course. What planet is he living on? If this administration’s political strength is based on national security and fighting terrorism, then I am really worried.
And this?
We don’t know who is really in charge in Washington or if our leaders are intellectually capable to handle all the complex problems we face today.
Give me a break.
The Forum wonders if our leaders are "intellectually capable" to handle the "complex problems" we face today? Why don't they come right out and call Bush stupid rather than dancing around the issue?
And speaking of issues, what does this editorial really tell us? Oh sure it hits all the usual left talking points - Pointless war, tax cuts for the rich, Bush disconnected from reality, blah, blah, blah - but it doesn't go into much depth.
All I'm getting from this editorial is that some on the editorial board at the Forum hate President Bush, have bought into all the liberal talking points, but aren't capable of mustering anything more convincing than this limp-wristed re-hashing of a MoveOn.org press release.
The editorial calls for an abandonment of party loyalty and an embrace of reality. Perhaps the folks at the Forum ought to look in the mirror before they go about offering advice like that.
Update:
According to reader Tom Dennis it appears as though my criticism of the Forum may have been misdirected.
A quick observation: The Forum item you found is not an editorial. It's a letter to the editor that the Forum's Web process apparently failed to label as such.
I got suspcious when I saw the "editorial" starting with the words "I have a difficult time understanding ..." Take it from an editorial writer: It's very rare for an editorial to use the word "I" as the subject for a sentence. That's because editorials are supposed to be the consensus view of an editorial board, rather than the view of just one writer.
So, the word "We" makes it in, sometimes, as in, "We believe the governor should do XYZ"; but almost never will you find, "I".
The Forum's actual editorial for today is here: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=121230§ion=Opinion
Note the tagline that reads, "Forum editorials represent the opinion of Forum management and the newspaper’s Editorial Board."
To confirm all this, I looked at the dead-tree version of the Forum that we get here in the newsroom, and sure enough, there's a letter on today's editorial page by one Lyle Peterson of Hope, N.D., and he's the one who writes "I have a difficult time understanding ..." etc.
So it's Mr. Peterson who's the sadly misguided one, not the Forum's editorial board! Although their Webmaster might need a talking-to ...
The letter came across my feed reader, and when I clicked through it was marked as an editorial.
I'm glad to hear this isn't the output of the Forum's editorial board as that would have been a sad commentary on the state of that newspaper.
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