The George Soros-backed Think Progress has an impressive commitment to failure. After a string of attempted hitjobs, including one in which Lee Fang maliciously misrepresented the tea party in a false light by editing together footage of tea party crashers (remember the national tea party crashers website?) as evidence of “racism,” Fang has failed spectacularly once again.
Lee Fang went over his pay grade in attempting to cast Powerline’s John Hinderaker in a false light and Hinderaker’s succinct emasculation of Fang is well worth the read.
Here is a puzzle: how do you suppose those sleuths at Think Progress uncovered the secret that I am a fellow of the Claremont Institute, which I “never disclosed”? Maybe they got it from the “About Us” page of this web site, where we describe ourselves.[…]
Here is the conclusion of Fang’s attack on me:
Asked about his failure to disclose his firm’s financial relationship with Koch, Hinderaker told ThinkProgress’ Scott Keyes today that he has no comment.
Sorry, kid, you better go listen to the tape.
(Midway through the conversation I asked Keyes whether he was taping it. He said that he was. Keyes did not disclose that he was recording the conversation until I asked him point-blank.) What I actually said to Keyes was not “no comment.” I told him that I would be delighted to give him an interview, as long as I can also interview Lee Fang. Keyes seemed taken aback, and asked what I wanted to question Fang about. I told him that I wanted to ask Fang why he never mentions Wal-Mart, and whether it is because Wal-Mart donated $500,000 to the group that owns Think Progress. I said I had lots more questions, too. Curiously enough, Keyes wasn’t excited about the prospect of turning Lee Fang over to me for an interview. I told him that I would be happy to answer his questions, as soon as Think Progress makes Fang available to answer mine. The offer still stands.
We, too, at Big Journalism wonder why Fang doesn’t make himself available to Hinderaker for an interview. “No comment,” perhaps, Fang?


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