In Perspective: National Review's guiding principles

Friday 27 October 2006

National Review's guiding principles

From this Media Matters article.

Summary: National Review media writer Stephen Spruiell asserted that Keith Olbermann's "insistence on calling the president 'Mr. Bush' instead of 'President Bush' is his way of saying that Bush holds office illegitimately." Given that Spruiell purports to have determined why Olbermann refers to the president as "Mr. Bush," Media Matters for America wonders if he has determined why National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. also refers to the president in the same manner.

A lot of news orgs use 'Mr.' regardless of title. National Review needs to not be so closed minded and thinking everyone is against their ideology and the people they support — oh wait, that is against NR's narrow-minded beliefs...
Good point about Buckley (conservative/Neocon National Review's founder) and his use of "Mr. Bush" too. Well, I suppose blind contradiction of one's harshly stated opinions (i.e. what the writer of the NR article did) is also one of National Review's guiding principles.