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Ethics Hero: ABC News White House Correspondent Jake Tapper
It shows the degree to which we now take bias and favoritism by the news media for granted that a reporter doing what once was regarded as his duty now appears heroic, but that is where we are. That is also why Jake Tapper warrants an Ethics Hero designation for pressing White House press secretary Jay Carney on the obvious disconnect between President Obama’s lecture on civility in January in the wake of the Giffords shooting, and his happy acceptance of the call by Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. to “take these sons of bitches out” at a rally over the weekend. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Heroes, Etiquette and manners, Journalism & Media, Leadership, U.S. Society
Civility and Integrity Tests For Democrats Are Not Going Well At All
At this point, I see a Democratic leadership that is willing to abandon civility, honor, fairness and integrity for votes. For anyone who believes that ethical government and responsible national leadership are important, attention must be paid. Continue reading
Incompetent Elected Official of the Month: Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.)
Rep. Carson is an incompetent, unscrupulous, irresponsible disgrace, and if the Democratic Party was appropriately committed to civil discourse and fairness, it would tell him so. It won’t. Continue reading
Ethics Dunce, Ethics Hero: Name Calling and One-Way Civility On the Left
The popular Democratic, progressive, liberal and news media (I know I’m being redundant here) slur for the Republican House and its Tea Party warriors during and after the budget ceiling debate was “terrorists,” suggesting an analogy between the GOP insisting on major expenditure cuts in the budget as a condition for raising the debt ceiling, and political and religious extremists who threaten to kill people if they don’t get their way. Needless to say, it’s a disgraceful, dishonest, illogical and slanderous comparison. Two liberal columnists caught at it split neatly into an Ethics Hero and an Ethics Dunce. Continue reading
