The Blog Maestro Strikes Again
Nothing gets by Tim Blair. Check out his comparison of the press obituaries of "heavy smoker and drinker" Princess Margaret, who died at 71, with those of vegetarian marijuana enthusiast Linda McCartney, who died at 56.
The double standard is impossible to avoid. A smoker dies at 71, and cigarettes are the obvious cause. A vegetarian dies at 56, and, well, that's just the luck of the draw. Could've happened to anyone.
Tim's energetic spade also has managed to turn up a left-wing blogger ("scarcer than Irish porn"-- he kills me...) The Westerby Report is truly a through-the-looking-glass-people experience, a glimpse into a brave soul adrift in an Oliver Stone world. Black is white, the Guardian is the Paper of Record, and Robert Fisk is "without doubt the foreign correspondent of the century, maybe the last century inclusive." He's also "balanced."
Give 'em hell, Westerby, and keep watching the watchers of the watchers.
Posted by Dr. Frank at February 10, 2002 10:53 AM | TrackBack