OPINION
The ‘anonymous official op-ed’ is less than it seems
By Michael Goodwin
September 6, 2018 | 7:32pm | Updated
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The op-ed by the anonymous author in the New York Times is being celebrated in anti-Trump salons and saloons, but you can’t have a summer party without a skunk. I happily volunteer.
Despite claims from the usual suspects that the piece from a “senior official” in the administration proves the sky really is falling this time, my reaction is that the author is too taken with himself to be taken too seriously. Like Sen. Cory Booker declaring that he is having his “Spartacus moment” by releasing documents already cleared for release, the author seems to be scoping out a spot on Mount Rushmore — despite refusing to identify himself. It’s going to be hard to chisel his likeness.
And when he ranks himself among the “adults” and “unsung heroes” who are thwarting the elected president, I do not have visions of patriots serving their country with honor. Instead, I get a flashback to another case of hubris.
“As of now, I’m in control here, in the White House,” a breathless Alexander Haig declared to reporters shortly after the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2018/09/06/the-anonymous-official-op-ed-is-less-than-it-seems/
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And now the unfair practice has migrated to the op-ed section. Bad ideas are contagious.
Indeed, what the paper has done here is eliminate all reporting and facts and hide behind a long and pejorative anonymous quote.
This isn’t journalism. It’s cowardice.
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