Susan Estrich is defending Fox News.

I'm hard-pressed to think of anybody who will tell you privately that in the midst of debates about such issues as Social Security and the deficits, it's a good idea for the party leader to be turning himself into the issue by engaging in class and religious warfare.

This is precisely what congressional leaders and Dean agreed that Dean would not do when he became the chair of the party. He was supposed to leave the message to them. Having not done so, and having been criticized for it by two possible presidential candidates – neither of whom are even conservatives – Sen. Reid was trying to put the perennial good face on a bad situation, while Brian Wilson was trying to puncture it.

That's what the press is supposed to do, last time I checked. If being obnoxious was a disqualification for being a member of the Washington press corps, it would a lonely crowd.

Susan Estrich
Friday, June 17, 2005

I work for Fox News as a commentator.

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Dogs and cats? Hardly. ;-)

I doubt if the terms of her employment require her to write laudatory editorials about her employer and co-workers at a conservative web site, Bill.

But Rand, you have to realize that everyone who accepts a paycheck from Rupert Murdoch has to turn over his or her soul in exchange.

Once you grasp that, everything Fox News' critics say makes perfect sense.

It is very hard to provide unbiased info about your current bosses. Even if you are not injecting the bias consciously.