Legal Commentary

Practical Restraints

By Big Tent Democrat

I applaud Matt Yglesias for discussing this openly

I worked for the American Prospect full-time for about three years and have written a column for TAP Online ever since leaving. And in all that time, no one has ever told me what to write or what position to take. But nobody thinks The American Prospect is an “unbiased” news source. It’s very biased! [But] producing a coherent “line” [does not] require writers to sell out their integrity. [. . .] When I was at TAP, most of my opinions were either in line with my editors or else were on subjects where the bosses didn’t have strong feelings. But there were also issues where my editors did have very strong feelings and I didn’t agree with their take, and so to make my life easier I tended not to focus on those issues.

(Emphasis supplied.) Let's make it even simpler. You are not going to rip a friend's work the way you might a non-friend. I am such a misanthrope that I do not need to hold back very much. But even I do. Especially when it is issues or people that Jeralyn has strong feelings about. That's not wrong imo. As long as we are frank about it.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).