>>>Hi Charles :)
>>>
>>>>Krauthammer thinks Obama is vaporware. That is not a hidden agenda, it is a recurring theme. He's also been very critical of Bush - and especially of Rumsfeld in messing up the occupation in Iraq. Again, no hidden agenda.
>>>>He is one of the best known columnists in the country.
>>>
>>>You made me read now entire line of his WP articles... You are right his agenda is barely hidden <g>
>>>Good journalists are usualy Impartial, and provide lot of substance in their articles. But then again, this is perhaps short daily column;
>>>Does he writes some place else ?
>>>
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>>I don't often agree with Krauthammer but it's important to understand that he is a columnist, not a reporter. As such he is expected to have opinions and a point of view. Columnists are not expected to be impartial. We have conservative columnists and liberal ones. (And sometimes it seems like that's the only ones we have).
>
>Ok, I got the picture;
>So they are something like 'loose' opinion 'cannons' shooting freely in ever lasting battle for
>'truth truth and nothing but the truth' right ? <g>
>
>Defenetely not my coup of tea, I sort of prefer good old (printed) journalism.
>No 'shooting' :)
>
I think there is room for both as long as opinion pieces are clearly labeled as such. When opinions or agendas masquerade as reporting, that is not what journalism should be, I agree with you there.
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