Roger Simon Gets It Wrong on the Gates Caller

This Roger Simon column might not be the silliest thing written about the deathless Henry Louis Gates arrest saga, but it’s interesting for its total ignorance of the case. Simon, suckered by a press conference given by Lucia Whalen — the woman who called 911 to report the Gates More…

When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

This, from Roger Simon, is the kind of political commentary that shoots for “outside the beltway” and just becomes patronizing. Mocking the media coverage of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska):

Listen to how “rambling” and “disjointed” she is. Once upon a time in American politics, this was known as being “plain-spoken,”

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