Opaque Lucidity

The Curious-Journal's Picture Boy

Hindrocket over at Powerline mentions something that I was going to skip over completely except for the fact that it has now garnered national attention: Nick Anderson of Louisville's Courier-Journal won a Pulitzer Prize for his work as the paper's cartoonist.

Anderson's work leaves one with the impression that he is something of a simpleton who appeals to every base instinct of the hate-filled left in this country. But no one should really be surprised. The C-J's history of misrepresentation goes back at least 50 years and is so well-known by those who actually read other news sources that it's something of a standing joke. To quote a friend of mine, "I don't even trust the page numbers in that rag."

Most papers today are a collection of AP, Reuters and UPI stories bundled with a few local stories, obituaries and the occasional hack opinion piece. The C-J's editorial board now only appeals to uninformed and/or misinformed liberals and their fellow travelers who still hold silly notions like "the Democrats is fer the workin' man." Unfortunately, they are not a diminishing breed here.