Legal Commentary

Who Reads The American Prospect?

By Big Tent Democrat

In a glancing justification for the lack of reaction to The American Prospect's publication of Robert Kuttner's February 2010 article American Taliban, Adam Serwer writes:

As for Kuttner's piece, I didn't remember it until it was pointed out to me, but plenty of people write things in this magazine I disagree with. Moulitsas' book is considerably more high-profile.

(Emphasis supplied.) Robert Kuttner is a fairly big cheese in Dem circles in the Beltway. Beyond that, in the initial salvo from TAPPED on the subject, Jamelle Bouie wrote:

Now, to be sure, American Taliban is clearly meant for activist consumption. Unlike myself, Moulitsas isn't a journalist, and his job isn't to be an honest broker for ideas; no, it's to rally progressives and score points against conservatives.

(Emphasis supplied.) Now Bouie and Serwer can't have it both ways - either Markos is not their (or Robert Kuttner's) journalistic equal, or he is their "higher profile" superior, with a higher responsibility to be "careful" about his comparisons. Frankly, this continued flailing to justify their strange war against Markos is hard to explain. Having started the fight, they seem unable to extricate themselves from it. Here's a suggestion for them - let it go.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 21, 2010 (boomark / email).