Comments on Dailies Miss Opportunity to Revamp Dumb Ethics Policy

Looks like the Times wants us to trust political reporting from people who don't vote.

ECB, why so angry today?

We need to have a more English attitude towards our paper, only and explicit political positions that are widely understood and thus incorporated in how you view the paper's coverage

For me, the issue is remaining independent from political groups. Obviously we have opinions. But participating in a party caucus is a step on the way to joining the party. It's not all that different than signing up for a campaign or donating money to the party. That's why I won't do them. As Postman wrote: A caucus "is a party operation and not a public vote."
P.S. It's odd that as boring as we are, you keep writing about us.

@4, thanks but I prefer my journalism Gonzo-style.

4: Voting in a primary is a step on the way to joining the party, too--are Times writers prohibited from choosing a party and voting in that party's primary?

And that doesn't address the blanket prohibition on things like signing petitions and having bumper stickers on your car.

BTW, I was referring mostly to Postman's post when I said the blogs are "boring." It's boring to do a long post about a management email without even saying whether you agree with the policy.

Ain't no such thing as impartial reporting, and anyone who pretends otherwise is just letting known at the outset that they're a damned liar, so you needn't wonder about it later.

p.s., to wit: Faux, I mean, Fox News

However, it is riveting to read two completely biased journalists argue about how trivial details and media bias affect their candidates... Riveting! Especially when one of them is pwned 5 times a day.

Doesn't Danny Westneat go on KUOW almost every Friday and publicly espouse a cause or two?

If they can draft you, you can vote.

Bad move, Times.

Now if they could fix that ultradark Captcha thing at the Times - I swear it rejects five out of six posts cause you can barely figure out what the letters MIGHT be ...

Erica,

I wouldn't worry too much. No one will ever accuse you of being a journalist, much less an objective and unbiased one.

Keep up the good work!

Nah, Erica is a great journalist, in the classic sense of the word. You just don't like that she's not a gay man.

they already show economic bias by having their tongues up the assholes of the real estate industry