Howard Kurtz: Politico Piece Should Have Disclosed Gerstein's Lieberman Fees
March 2, 2007 -- 11:51 AM EST // // Post a Comment

This blog yelled and stamped its feet at length yesterday about Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz, but he does deserve credit for this one.

Kurtz has now commented on the flap over The Politico piece by Joe Lieberman adviser Dan Gerstein attacking liberal bloggers. And Kurtz agrees with the point I and others have been making: The piece should have disclosed that Gerstein is currently taking money from Lieberman. Kurtz writes:

The point is that liberal bloggers have been kicking the stuffing out of Lieberman, and readers ought to know who you're working for if you're kicking back.

Yeah, seriously. That's right. Though Kurtz didn't directly name who was at fault here, his point still stands: That info should have been there.

Keep in mind that Kurtz is a former colleague of Politico big men and former Post journalists John Harris and Jim VandeHei. Maybe they'll get the message on this now that it's been voiced by a trusted professional peer, rather than by just another jerk in the blogosphere who's just trying to manufacture a fake controversy with yet another wild-eyed rant about the "MSM."

And with that, you've heard this blog's last word on this topic. Barring further developments, of course.

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