Should the Washington Post's value as a newspaper be measured solely by the content on it's op-ed pages? This seems to be the yardstick that Tim Lambert, a widely read climate blogger, uses in a current post, titled,
The Washington Post can't go out of business fast enough
Now why would he wish that? Well, he's pissed off that the Post published Sarah Palin's ridiculous commentary on "climategate" and continues to publish George Will's whacky opining on global warming. Let me be clear: it's perfectly legitimate to criticize Palin and Will, but I have to confess, I don't understood all the anger and scorn heaped on the Post for providing them with a forum. These are opinion columns we're talking about here, not news stories or even offical newspaper editorials. And opinion columns, by their nature, are highly subjective, highly biased, and yes, can be hugely misleading. If you were ...
