I’m blogging at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic. Lufthansa is now offering
wireless internet on board the airplane and the connection is amazing.
Anyway, it is time to blow the whistle on Howie Kurtz and his hypocrisy.
Kurtz, the media reporter for the Washington Post, tries to present the
persona of the objective journalist. But a review of his pieces shows a
decided tilt to the right and a tendency to be an apologist for the
Republican Administration. Why is that?
It’s all about love. You see, Howie’s wife, Sheri Annis, is a Republican
consultant/activist. I don’t begrudge the lady making a living. I just
think it is important that Howie disclose his conflict of interest on this
front. Yes, Howie’s wife is fair game. She is not undercover. She is not
doing classified work. But, she is carrying water for the Republican party
and little Howie is more than willing to drink from that cup. Hey, as
someone who has been married for 30 years, I fully understand the power of
the wife.
I first dealt with Howie when he wrote the story on Robert Greenwald’s
documentary, Outfoxed.
Howie, acting as a journalist, wrote the following diatribe:
Robert Greenwald, an admirer of Michael Moore, is trying to give Fox
News Channel the kind of cinematic spanking that Moore just delivered to
President Bush in “Fahrenheit 9/11.“Fox is not a conservative network, it’s a Republican network,” and its
fair-and-balanced slogan is “ridiculous,” the Los Angeles director says in
explaining why he sought funding from two liberal groups — and took out a
loan — to make the documentary “Outfoxed.”But Greenwald, whose last movie was “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About
the Iraq War,” makes no effort at fairness or balance himself. Not only did
he avoid contacting Fox, and indulge in some misleading editing, but the
film also features a parade of the network’s liberal detractors — including
Al Franken, Vermont Rep. Bernie Sanders, the group Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting and out-of-the-closet liberal columnist Walter Cronkite.
That, my friends, is the work of a political hack. Start with the fact that
Michael Moore is not the central focus of the film. Then consider that the
facts Robert Greenwald presented are not refuted because, surprise,
surprise, they can’t be refuted because they ARE FACTS!
So, the next time you read little Howie, just remember, he certainly appears
to be carrying water for his wife to ensure she stays on good terms with the
Bush White House.
