Commentary
By Jamison Foser
The media’s reaction to Republican Congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s health care speech to Congress illustrated two bad habits that encourage exactly the kind of political behavior reporters claim to dislike.
First is the media’s reluctance to "take sides" in factual disputes (which is, in effect, siding with the incorrect claim) and their apparent belief that rudeness is a greater sin than lying. Scores of news reports covered the…
