Rush Limbaugh; George Will; William F. Buckley and Conrad Black [View All]

[Justice]

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/28/rs.00.html

I was watching Walter Cronkite yesterday on Reliable Sources, and caught the last few moments of Howie Kurtz taking shots at Rush Limbaugh's 180 change on privacy rights, plus an interesting story about George Will and William Buckley's conflict of interest vis-a-vie Conrad Black.

"Columnist George Will and "National Review" founder William F. Buckley have both written favorably about media mogul Conrad Black, without disclosing that they received payments from Black's company, Hollinger International. "The New York Times" says each was paid about $25,000 a year to speak at an annual conference. Buckley's take came to $200,000. But neither man seems embarrassed by the failure to level with readers. Said Will, "my business is my business. Got it?"

Most interesting is George Will's reaction - which is basically that we should stuff it (gee, Will Pitt's reaction to conflict of interest charges - unfounded IMO - was much more professional - and he wasn't getting money from the Kerry campaign).

The brazeness of the RW will be their downfall.