Byron York, the veteran journalist, now the chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner, takes direct aim at a fellow conservative, Erick Erickson, for some remarkably shoddy "journalism" concerning the Will Folks/Nikki Haley flap in the South Carolina gubernatorial primary. Like Erickson--and I am sure, too, like York--The Cable Gamer thinks that Folks is a sleaze, but Erickson went way further: He declared, on his blog, that he had the goods on Folks, when he didn't. That's journalistic malpractice: As York calls it, Erickson committed a "hoax." Or, as one might say, a "lie."
Erickson, of course, is also a Cable Gamer--he was hired recently as a CNN contributor. TCG applauds hiring conservatives to balance out the liberal-leaning MSM, but she doesn't like conservatives who don't tell the truth. So I wonder what CNN will do about it. TCG wonders if there might be some at CNN who don't mind that Erickson has been exposed as a liar, so that they can either fire him or else keep him around, as a visible reminder of how untrustworthy conservatives can be.
But in the meantime, hats off to York for calling 'em as he sees 'em.
PS: Go, Nikki! We love you!! Just promise us that you'll never go blonde!!!
