Whiners

BC04 sends me an email:

Dear Bob,

As you may have noticed, the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial page has abandoned the proud tradition of a daily newspaper merely offering an endorsement of a presidential candidate and has instead decided to engage in advocacy journalism on behalf of the John Kerry campaign. In an October 10 column, editorial page editor Chris Satullo unveiled what he described as an "unprecedented" series of 21 editorials dealing with what Satullo calls "the many flaws" of President Bush's record and "the better ideas of John Kerry."

In an attempt to pre-emptively explain away the obvious criticism the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board would receive for abandoning journalistic commentary in favor of express advocacy of a federal candidate for office, Mr. Satullo claimed the series was neither biased nor arrogant, yet offered little more than anecdotal evidence to defend his editorial page against both charges.

In an effort to achieve some semblance of equal opportunity when it comes to setting the record straight about the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial page's daily advocacy on behalf of John Kerry, we will update you each day by e-mail with a fact-checked response of each criticism leveled by the Inquirer in their effort to help elect John Kerry. You will find a daily rebuttal with the real facts about President Bush's record of accomplishment and his vision for a safer and stronger America.

Since the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial page is now openly campaigning for John Kerry's election, daily excerpts from their commentary have been renamed here as:

THE KERRY DAILY ADVOCATE