https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/13/two-from-column-a-one-from-column-idiot/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 08:51:33 -0400<![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s because Washington Post Managing Editor Phillip Bennett thought nobody back home would be reading it, but his interview by Yong Tang of China&#8217;s People&#8217;s Daily is one of most textbook examples I have ever read of the increasingly fuddy-duddy sclerotic pseudo-liberalism of much of our mainstream media. His old rhetoric about rifts with our allies and &#8220;not cooperating&#8221; has become so tedious (especially in the post Oil-for-Food era) it&#8217;s a wonder Bennett can say these things with a straight face. Does he actually believe this blather? And then he goes on about how the US is hypocritical because we&#8217;re opposing some tyrannies but not others (like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia). To the Chinese of all people! What a &#8220;progressive&#8221;! The truth is that people like Bennett don&#8217;t want to think that America has been promoting democracies because they are embarrassed they were not on board&#8230; that indeed they may not be the &#8220;progressives&#8221; but the reactionaries. Well, guess what, Mr. Bennett? It ain&#8217;t 1968 anymore and you are!]]>Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:53:14 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/03/13/two-from-column-a-one-from-column-idiot-n207291