Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Good News, Bad Journalism

The news is good. A Washington Post/ABC News poll finds those who dislike all of official Washington - people whom the authors of the blog post call "haters" - will tend to vote GOP in the 2014 House elections.

Labeling sensible people who disapprove of their dysfunctional government as "haters" shows the authors themselves to be haters of anyone likely to vote GOP.  A less value-laden term like "the disaffected" would have been better journalism and would have protected Chris Cillizza's reputation, since it is his blog that hosts the "hateful" post.