Comments on: Dershowitz: I get it right because I’m objective

By: Jeff Brokaw

Jeff Brokaw — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:00:25 +0000

My list of people whose opinions I trust implicitly — to meet a standard of “a reasonable non-crazy person thinks this so I should consider it accordingly” — has been severely winnowed since 2015.

Probably more bloggers on the list than media types.

This experience, no doubt, matches that of many others here and across my favorite “newsy” blogs.

By: Phillipa Crawford

Phillipa Crawford — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:54:19 +0000

There is a reason Lady Justice is depicted with scales *and* a blindfold. Dershowitz rates high imo because he tries his best to be objective and judge in the true spirit of the word. Wish more were like him.

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:41:48 +0000

Since none of my 3 favorite bloggers (Neo, Instapundit, Askblog – econ Arnold Kling) talk much about Turley, I don’t know him. I do think Dershowitz should be on more often; McCarthy is great at Nat Review.

I prefer transcripts of the news rather than hearing it; so I read McCarthy articles.

I understand there’s a relaxation / thinking about world problems instead of your own problems, reasons for watching TV news at night. But most news I see snatches of seem like infotainment on the Fake News side of info. Russia Today is more balanced (all the bad stuff done by Reps AND bad stuff done by Dems).

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 03:51:49 +0000

“Dershowitz is an old-fashioned liberal Democrat, McCarthy a moderate Republican, and Turley a libertarian.”

That’s a diversity we can applaud.

By: n.n

n.n — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:56:09 +0000

Yesteryear’s liberal. As are [American] conservatives, classical liberals, tempered by Judeo-Christian morality. #PrinciplesMatter

By: AMartel

AMartel — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:15:46 +0000

Avenatti has been memory-holed. He never existed.

By: AMartel

AMartel — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:14:41 +0000

Haha. It was accepted wisdom that whatever Dick Morris said was going to happen, the opposite would probably happen instead. He strung people along.

By: AMartel

AMartel — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:12:45 +0000

Turley is a nut about the environmental issues, though. And Dershowitz is still quite gun grabby. I’ve noticed that with some IDW and other liberal intellectuals who can not stomach the punitive progressive stupid/groupthink but don’t want to completely abandon their cherished left wing bona fides.

By: Ackler

Ackler — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:27:51 +0000

While most television news has been infotainment for sometime, CNN is the epitome of “fake news”. One could simply read Think Progress’s daily talking points and get the same “information”

By: Michael Towns

Michael Towns — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:59:23 +0000

I don’t watch CNN, Fox, MSNBC, or any of the major news outlets. I actually stopped several years ago. I use Drudge Report as my main gateway and then a curated selection of trusted blogs. It has served me well.

On occasion, I’ll watch video segments that have been uploaded to YouTube or embedded in someone’s blog post. But other than that, I pay no attention.

Dershowitz has shown himself to be a man of honor. I wish we had more like him.