User talk:Dgsaunders

Sidney Blumenthal
Hello! While I don't believe Blumenthal should be categorized in the article as a journalist of "liberal American politics", it wasn't your edit that I was referring to as being grotesque POV. I was referring to the following, all placed in the article w/out sources: "During Clinton's impeachment trial Blumenthal was deposed by the Senate about his attempts to smear Monica Lewinsky.  Christopher Hitchens later accused him of lying during that testimony." "He once sued Matt Drudge for $30 million for claiming that he beat his wife. After nearly four years of litigation, Blumenthal rushed to settle the case when Drudge filed a motion to dismiss the suit for lack of merit and to recover attorneys' fees." The Drudge stuff was strictly POV and in my edit I kept the basic facts of the matter while remaining as neutral as possible. The "smearing" of Monica Lewinsky and Hitchens accusations I completely removed but they can certainly be placed back into the article if properly sourced and written with a NPOV tone.

As far as the "liberal American politics" description, Blumenthal may in fact be a liberal but as a journalist his area of writing expertise is American Politics in general. Looking at most of the titles in his bibliography seems to confirm this. However, if you feel it important to tag Blumenthal as a liberal, it could possibly be done later in the article.--Hal Raglan 15:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)