Getting Lou Dobbs Right

I don't watch Lou Dobbs except on rare occasion, though his positions and mine line-up with near laser precision. Sirota notes the problems with Leslie Stahl's interview (I wonder if anyone will have anything to say on the grilling Edwards got on This Week. Update: see Taylor Marsh here to watch the show and a rebuke of the "journalism.")

The Blog | David Sirota: Lou Dobbs Challenges The Great Objectivity Scam | The Huffington Post

'...Take, for instance, this line in the 60 Minutes piece, delivered as an authoritative, nonpartisan, objective fact:

"Dobbs is full of contradictions: he's pro-abortion rights, but against gun control; a fiscal conservative who supports government regulation."

Stahl would have us believe that believing the consistent libertarianism inherent in the dual beliefs that government shouldn't dictate decisions between a woman and her doctor nor decisions about who should own a gun is a "contradiction." She would also have us believe that being a fiscal conservative (aka. for less government spending and balanced budgets) is a "contradiction" for someone who supports government regulation (aka. consumer protections, environmental laws, etc.). She offers no proof of these claims. Factually, of course, they are absurd, meaning at best such claims are Stahl's own (very odd) opinions. Yet, her opinion is portrayed as non-partisan objective fact akin to stating that water is wet...'