Of course, like the consumate Priest of the Golden Bull, Alperts doesn't bother to name the documents he describes. And with this old ink-and-paper delivery system, it's impossible for him to activate text in such a way that clicking a cursor pointed at the text would actually reveal the “documents” or the supposedly politically edited story about which Alpert complains.

Despite Alpert's truther-style tricks of considering only one source of documents, doing so out of context and without citation of the source a little poking around reveals Democrats remain the primary source of concern about “politically” motivated firing. Heather Wilson bothered to visit this blog and hold-forth to the contrary: “documents released today confirm that leaders in New Mexico had lost confidence in Mr. Iglesias and complained about his job performance as much as a year and a half before he was ultimately terminated.”

So Mr. Alpert is complaining that Democrats are represented in the media as Democrats instead of as absolute purveyors of fact. Fact is, the U.S. Justice Department DID fail to act against New Mexico politicians. If Republicans' too-eager interference in an effort to move things ahead costs New Mexicans anything, it cost us the chance to clean house. Now we are stuck with a cadre of “pay-to-play” Democrat leaders who manage to get away with drunken driving and some occasional fatalities without ever showing us who paid for booze.

Of course, like the consumate Priest of the Golden Bull, Alperts doesn't bother to name the documents he describes. And with this old ink-and-paper delivery system, it's impossible for him to activate text in such a way that clicking a cursor pointed at the text would actually reveal the “documents” or the supposedly politically edited story about which Alpert complains.

Despite Alpert's truther-style tricks of considering only one source of documents, doing so out of context and without citation of the source a little poking around reveals Democrats remain the primary source of concern about “politically” motivated firing. Heather Wilson bothered to visit this blog and hold-forth to the contrary: “documents released today confirm that leaders in New Mexico had lost confidence in Mr. Iglesias and complained about his job performance as much as a year and a half before he was ultimately terminated.”

So Mr. Alpert is complaining that Democrats are represented in the media as Democrats instead of as absolute purveyors of fact. Fact is, the U.S. Justice Department DID fail to act against New Mexico politicians. If Republicans' too-eager interference in an effort to move things ahead costs New Mexicans anything, it cost us the chance to clean house. Now we are stuck with a cadre of “pay-to-play” Democrat leaders who manage to get away with drunken driving and some occasional fatalities without ever showing us who paid for booze.

Of course, like the consumate Priest of the Golden Bull, Alperts doesn't bother to name the documents he describes. And with this old ink-and-paper delivery system, it's impossible for him to activate text in such a way that clicking a cursor pointed at the text would actually reveal the “documents” or the supposedly politically edited story about which Alpert complains.

Despite Alpert's truther-style tricks of considering only one source of documents, doing so out of context and without citation of the source a little poking around reveals Democrats remain the primary source of concern about “politically” motivated firing. Heather Wilson bothered to visit this blog and hold-forth to the contrary: “documents released today confirm that leaders in New Mexico had lost confidence in Mr. Iglesias and complained about his job performance as much as a year and a half before he was ultimately terminated.”

So Mr. Alpert is complaining that Democrats are represented in the media as Democrats instead of as absolute purveyors of fact. Fact is, the U.S. Justice Department DID fail to act against New Mexico politicians. If Republicans' too-eager interference in an effort to move things ahead costs New Mexicans anything, it cost us the chance to clean house. Now we are stuck with a cadre of “pay-to-play” Democrat leaders who manage to get away with drunken driving and some occasional fatalities without ever showing us who paid for booze.

Of course, like the consumate Priest of the Golden Bull, Alperts doesn't bother to name the documents he describes. And with this old ink-and-paper delivery system, it's impossible for him to activate text in such a way that clicking a cursor pointed at the text would actually reveal the “documents” or the supposedly politically edited story about which Alpert complains.

Despite Alpert's truther-style tricks of considering only one source of documents, doing so out of context and without citation of the source a little poking around reveals Democrats remain the primary source of concern about “politically” motivated firing. Heather Wilson bothered to visit this blog and hold-forth to the contrary: “documents released today confirm that leaders in New Mexico had lost confidence in Mr. Iglesias and complained about his job performance as much as a year and a half before he was ultimately terminated.”

So Mr. Alpert is complaining that Democrats are represented in the media as Democrats instead of as absolute purveyors of fact. Fact is, the U.S. Justice Department DID fail to act against New Mexico politicians. If Republicans' too-eager interference in an effort to move things ahead costs New Mexicans anything, it cost us the chance to clean house. Now we are stuck with a cadre of “pay-to-play” Democrat leaders who manage to get away with drunken driving and some occasional fatalities without ever showing us who paid for booze.

I will never buy another copy of the Journal. What tore it for me was when in 2008–the most important election of our time–the Journal endorsed John McCain and Darren White! Here's a little thought experiment for the right wing crew that publishes and edits the Journal: what if McCain/Palin controlled the executive branch, and McConnel/Boehner the legislative branch (along with Roberts controlling the judiciary)–do you think we would be better off? Think the recession would be losing steam? Like hell!

Newspapers have never been about reporting the news–they have always been an advertising medium for which the news accounted for a small portion of the overall product. Now you've lost the advertisers to the internet, where it's much easier to reach customers. The amount of news in the Journal shrinks daily, and more and more you are relying on pundits and readers to fill your copy (the page one opinion columnists, the page after page of letters to the editors). In other words, you are now little more than a printed out copy of a blog: obsolete before a copy hits the first subscriber's driveway with a thud.

There may have been a time when the Journal could have salvaged its reputation and its relevance. That time is past. Good riddance.