To paraphrase a great lady, oh, that George (Will). He was born in a palace and thinks he is entitled to be treated like royalty. Following the link to his editorial, ash presents a classic example of using his information against him:
Arrogant George Will quotes himself (from ABC’s This Week, where he is a regular panelist) pronouncing unorthodox practitioners of journalism “narcissistic.
Authoritarian (as long as he’s the authority) George Will is the enemy of populism. From coaching then-Governor Reagan (then writing to praise Reagan’s Presidential campaign debate performance) to opposing Campaign Finance Reform on free speech grounds to doubting global warming to decreeing nothing at all the matter with Kansas, every column’s purpose is to protect the Big Guy from the little one.
Intellectual George Will parts company with religion-oriented conservatives. When preachers declare concepts dangerous, they always include “intellectualism” among the “secular, progressive, materialistic” list of offenders.
Aristocratic George Will no doubt is consciously UNaware of just how threatened he is by non-traditional, un-establishment media. He should be. According to his own numbers, 37% of bloggers write about themselves. He cites the statistics to create a misleading impression; had he noted that, by deduction, 63%, or nearly two/thirds, presumably write NOT about themselves (though necessarily from personal perspective), he would have undermined the supporting evidence which “informed” his case.
That’s what Will does: he sides with the already powerful, already wealthy as a one-man, animate moat around the castle where he himself resides. This preemptively fortifies that castle against the riffraff crashing its walls. Or at least it’s supposed to. Will may be pretending not to realize he’s lost that war.