They Don’t Report. You Don’t Have to Decide.

“DESPITE the major environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf and the attempted terror attack on New York’s Times Square, President Obama spent his Saturday night laughing it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner,” griped Sean Hannity of F...

So, Frank, you didn't go to the party?

"But Obama’s more valuable point was yet to come, when he reminded his audience of Senator Pat Moynihan’s undying maxim that everybody is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. Obama urged Glenn Beck and Huffington Post fans alike to be up on “the major issues of the day.” If all sides of the nation’s debates don’t know the facts, the president argued, then “democracy breaks down,” extreme voices rise to the top, and “powerful interests and their lobbyists are most able to buy access and influence.” He might have added that when facts cease to matter, politicians become more convinced than ever that they can get away with almost any tall tale — whether it’s Hillary Clinton’s campaign anecdote of ducking sniper fire in Bosnia or John McCain’s preposterous recent claim that he never saw himself as a “maverick.”"

Frank Rich gets a nibble but does not set the hook.

Opinions are only ones own but they do highlight the facts. When opinions become the facts our republic is in danger and our closer attention is required.

Mob rule is never a good thing. The politics of the mob cannot excuse it.