SHUFFLING: There was more movement in the Lying in Ponds Top Ten today. Michael Kinsley writes a non-partisan column about George Stephanopoulos and drops from second to fourth. Peggy Noonan slips out of the top ten after her fourth consectuve not-very-partisan column, and is replaced by Wall Street Journal colleague Brendan Miniter.
Readers may wonder why mentions of George Stephanopoulos in the
Kinsley column are not considered Democratic references. The approach
is to consider references to Stephanopoulos in his role as a Clinton
White House staffer as Democratic, but not to his current role as a
member of the media. Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan is
on the same list of ambiguous references. Another twist is former
Republican Senator and Clinton cabinet member William Cohen -- the
classification of each reference to him depends on the context.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Henninger Wall Street Journal |
Organization Men 21 June 2002 |
1071 | 100 | 1R+: Donald Rumsfeld |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
Fear of All Sums 21 June 2002 |
840 | 100 | 1D+: Democratic 6R-: George W. Bush, Bush, administration, White House, Republicans, administration |
| Michael Kinsley Washington Post |
King George 21 June 2002 |
1121 | 25 | 1D-: Democratic Party 3D= |
| Jim Hoagland Washington Post |
Make Soccer, Not War 21 June 2002 |
854 | 0 | 1R= |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Portfolio Politics 21 June 2002 |
922 | 0 | 1D+: Paul Sarbanes 2R+: Republican Party, George W. Bush 1R-: Norquist 7R= |
| Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times |
Watch What You Say 21 June 2002 |
802 | 0 | 3D= |
| David Ignatius Washington Post |
Japan's Gorbachev? 21 June 2002 |
908 | 0 | |
| Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal |
Failures of Imagination 21 June 2002 |
2881 | 0 | 4D+: Joseph Lieberman, Feinstein, Jim McGreevey, Democratic 2D-: Clinton, Clintons 3R+: Karen Hughes, Bush administration, Bill Frist 1R-: Tom Ridge 5D=, 2R= |