Just to help exercise proper perspective

Via HughHewitt.com, Mickey Kaus (a leftist) and PowerlineBlog (righty-blog) point out the LA Times' absurd abandonment of responsible reporting.

I've pointed this out quite a bit, but I have learned that one must frequently reinforce a proper disconnection from the liberal media's perversion of reality.

Mickey Kaus: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Zarqawi Aides Increasingly Confident, says LAT::

The Iraq war has already been lost, to read today's L.A. Times. ('Iraq Insurgency Showing Signs of Momentum') There are five reporters credited with contributing to this front-page lead story, and nothing in it backs up the subhead's claim* that 'some U.S. commanders say it could be too late to reverse the wave of violence.' You would expect, after this build-up, to see, say, quotes from some U.S. commanders saying it could be too late to reverse the wave of violence! No such luck. "

Power Line: The L.A. Times Gets It Wrong Again:

"Last Thursday we reported on Paul Bremer's inspirational farewell speech to the Iraqi people, as seen through the eyes of an Iraqi blogger. We also noted that the frequently-clueless Washington Post had denied that Bremer gave a farewell speech at all.

Now, Patrick Frey of Patterico has written us to point out that as recently as July 4, the Los Angeles Times went the Post one better, not only mis-reporting Bremer's speech, but turning their own error into a major theme of the paper's 'news' report:

L. Paul Bremer III, the civilian administrator for Iraq, left without even giving a final speech to the country ? almost as if he were afraid to look in the eye the people he had ruled for more than a year.

This would be unbelievable if we weren't so accustomed to false reporting by both the Times and the Post. If you were going to write an article criticizing Ambassador Bremer for failing to give a farewell speech, wouldn't you at least check to find out whether he had, in fact, given one? Apparently the L.A. Times considers fact-checking to be beyond the call of duty."