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A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH NIR ROSEN: ?It seems that Rosen has been getting away with making outr?

By Glenn Reynolds

A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH NIR ROSEN: “It seems that Rosen has been getting away with making outrageous statements for so long that it?s no wonder that he felt emboldened to tweet away and mock Logan with impunity. This time, though, he happened to have hit on a subject that was offensive to leftist sensibilities as well as those on the right ? and he discovered that there are finally consequences, even for Nir Rosen. It couldn?t have happened to a nicer guy.”

How many of these anti-American hacks are out there doing allegedly factual reportage? They keep turning up. See, e.g., Chris Hedges. And as was noted after Toby Harnden’s revelations about the Baghdad press corps, the journalistic omerta that keeps these things from being reported only serves to undermine the entire profession’s trustworthiness.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 19, 2011 (boomark / email).