January 14, 2005

Kill that Meme

Yesterday, I was hard on Kos over the "revelation" that he was on the Howard Dean, M.D. payroll. Kos is no Armstrong Williams because, unlike Williams, Kos made his arrangement known.

New new meme: Kos ≠ Armstrong Williams.

Earlier in the week Kos linked to the David Corn article where Williams claims there are other conservative pundits on the take. Kos' conclusion: "Until names are named, we can assume every conservative pundit is on the White House's payola rolls." I wish the White House was paying me to promote its message (calling Karl Rove!). Unlike Williams, I'd tell you straight up there was an arrangement.

Glenn Reynolds has plenty of give and take.

"'Zephyr Can Go to Hell'"

UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal story that quotes Teachout is freely available. [via Jeff Jarvis]