About that Red America Blog
21 March 2006 6:21 pm by Taylor Marsh
About that Red America Blog –updated–
WASHINGTON POST RESPONDS. I noted below that I'd asked
the Post for its official explanation of the hiring of Domenech. Now WashingtonPost.com's
Opinions editor, Hal Straus, has sent some answers to our questions via a
spokesman, Eric Easter. For your edification and enjoyment, here are the questions,
followed by Straus's answers:Question 1: Was the hiring of Ben Domenech motivated
by a desire to placate right-wing critics upset with Dan Froomkin's frequent
criticism of George Bush or upset with the recent Dana Milbank appearance
poking fun at the shooting episode involving the vice president?Straus: “When WP.com launched Opinions we said
we wanted this new area to be about a variety of voices across a broad spectrum
of political and cultural thought. Ben Domenech's Red America is simply another
reflection of that effort.
Greg
Sargent, American Prospect
Josh
Marshall weighed in heavily today, while also having some
suggestions for Mr. Brady.
As for Brady himself, he sent word through Hal Straus, as Sargent
reports.
David Brock of Media
Matters sent a letter.
Atrios
gave the Brady an award of sorts.
But Chris
Bowers takes the whole situation further in a very provocative column well
worth the read.
As I say here,
you've got to wonder what Froomkin's reaction would be if Brady tried to rename
his column “Blue America.” He'd have a fit.
So the question remains: Will the Post offer a Blue America blog?
One thing is certain, it won't have comments. All they're offering
on Red America is email. They just don't get this blog thing, do they?
UPDATE: Skippy is right. Send an email to Jim.
