Bottom line: Do Bill Kristol and David Brooks understand the basic tenets of opinion journalism?
Truth is, when reading a Brooks campaign column, Times subscribers need to ask themselves whether the dispatch reflects the writer's true opinion, or whether he's pulling his punches, the way he did regarding Palin, in order to help the RNC.
And when reading a Kristol campaign column, readers need to ask if he's acting as an opinion columnist or working more in a role as a quasi-campaign consultant for McCain. Because right now, it's hard to tell with the both of them.
Read the entire column at Media Matters for America.
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