On Friday, we brought you the story of the little reporter who could…corner the market on nuttiness in under 5 sentences. As rants go, it was pretty impressive. What it lacked in eloquence or, even, coherance, it made up in pounds of rage per square inch. (Since the reporter so clearly aligns himself with the Democrat party, the rant does beg the question: Dude, why so angry? “Your side” controls everything in Washington and most states by a wide margin. Given the current state of the GOP, they are the least of your worries.)
These days, uncovering the fact that a reporter has a strong leftist political bias is a ‘dog bites man’ story. What was surprising, though, is that he felt perfectly comfortable expressing his rage through his work e-mail, in response to an elected official’s press release. (He even sent the email in the middle of the afternoon, suggesting that the three-martini lunch is alive and well in the Florida Keys.)
Most editors, one imagines, would typically frown on their journalists displaying such raw partisan anger. The reporter’s boss, Tom Tuell, however, isn’t like most editors…
Big Goverment reader, Mark Dennett, sent Mr. Tuell, editor of the Keys Citizen paper an email, asking if the reporter, Mr. Guerra, represented the editorial views of the paper. Mt. Tuell’s response is below.
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Oh, of course. Mr. Guerra is a ‘profile in courage’, making a heroic stand for free speech. Imagine the blow to freedom if journalists couldn’t use their public soapbox to spew the most extreme political speech. Never mind that Mr. Guerra was writing in his capacity as a reporter for the newspaper. Once reporters feel they have to stick to their veneer of objectivity, it is only a matter of time before people start disappearing in the dead of the night.
Personally, I’ll stand by Mr. Guerra’s freedom to hold and even shout the most ridiculous beliefs. More power to him, although I worry about the effect of such dark thoughts on his mental state. And, I look forward to Mr. Tuell joining me at ramparts to fight off the PC police the next time they target a conservative for ‘divisive’ rhetoric. I hadn’t previously heard of Mr. Tuell’s paper, but, make no mistake, I’ll be a regular reader now.
Such a pillar of freedom must be supported.
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