[Speed Gibson,
Tuesday July 25, 2006 at 9:44pm]
The Final Days
Brian Lambert and Sarah Janacek are on their way out, thanks to the second coming of Jason Lewis next month. In discussing the spat between Attorney General Mike Hatch and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lambert complained that Doug Tice was far too partisan to serve as the Strib's political editor. Excuse me?
I remember when Tice first got the job, leaving the St. Paul Pioneer Press as its Editorial Editor. Many of us rubbed our hands and shouted, "Finally!" But nothing has really changed. Yes, the news articles still have their leftward slants, like those AP feeds they "edit for length." But political writers Dane Smith et al have stayed pretty consistent before and after. My main criticism is with their timidity, on both sides of the aisle as we saw in last year's partial shutdown. We get a bit too much Pablum, but it's reasonably honest Pablum.
Tice shortly thereafter took some heat, yes, from us right-wingers. Before tonight, I can't think of any left-wing criticism of Tice other than his hiring itself.
Brian Lambert as a former media critic should know all this. Maybe that explains the word "former."
I remember when Tice first got the job, leaving the St. Paul Pioneer Press as its Editorial Editor. Many of us rubbed our hands and shouted, "Finally!" But nothing has really changed. Yes, the news articles still have their leftward slants, like those AP feeds they "edit for length." But political writers Dane Smith et al have stayed pretty consistent before and after. My main criticism is with their timidity, on both sides of the aisle as we saw in last year's partial shutdown. We get a bit too much Pablum, but it's reasonably honest Pablum.
Tice shortly thereafter took some heat, yes, from us right-wingers. Before tonight, I can't think of any left-wing criticism of Tice other than his hiring itself.
Brian Lambert as a former media critic should know all this. Maybe that explains the word "former."