WSJ: Dean Campaign Made Payments To Two Bloggers. [Scripting News]

The above story does not dawdle about in inuendo, the facts speak for themselves.  So, why publish it?  Conservative pundits are having a field day pointing out that Dean "abused" the ethics of journalism trying to manipulate yet another form of media.  Of course, their statements are not couched in facts -- just rhetorical bombast -- such is not conducive to intelligent discussion of the issues -- never has, never will be.

Anyway, I remember the Daily Kos disclosing their relationship with Dean (by the way, the nice thing about blogs is you can go back to such articles with ease -- a newspaper would charge you an arm and a leg to research past writings), appreciated the disclosure but it was clear from the writings in the blog where the author's preferences lay.  But, the criticism of some conservative pundits begs the question, doesn't it?  This isn't about journalistic ethics, this is about beating the other side.

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