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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Unfairness of Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman sank to a new low in his November 16, 2010 column concerning President Obama's upcoming $2 billion trip to India, a trip that will cost $200 million a day. Friedman indicated that such reputable journalists as Matt Drudge, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage reported that the trip would include 34 warships and 3,000 people. India’s Press Trust apparently failed to swear on a stack of Bhagavad Gitas that “an alleged Indian provincial official, from the Indian state of Maharashtra" supplied this information. I see no reason for Mr. Friedman to impugn the journalistic integrity of either the Press Trust or the aforementioned journalists. After all, Maharashtra is a genuine Indian state, and there is no evidence that any of its unknown provincial officials are liars. So kudos to Beck, Limbaugh, Drudge, and Savage for not lowering their standards with the gratuitous doubt of an unknown official, to whom Mr Friedman might considering apologizing. Why check facts just to please a few skeptics? What can we expect next, the flat earther Friedman to attack the Unknown Soldier?

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