Based on scanty evidence (one editorial), I am ready to nominate the Dallas Morning News as the new national Paper of Record. The New York Times has been riding on its own shabby coattails for far too long and should be divested of the POR title immediately.
Hugh Hewitt is the one who tipped me off to the Dallas Morning News editorial (Hugh's link here).
Here is the editorial's conclusion:
"Hey, we're sorry, too.
We're sorry that anything else Mr. Durbin might say about allegations of torture at Guantánamo Bay simply cannot be believed, thanks to his way-over-the-top screed.
We're sorry that in his haste to score political points against the Bush administration, he chose to squander his credibility by linking U.S. troops to despots who killed millions of innocent people.
We're sorry that at this key moment in the war on terror, when democracy demands a full and open debate on all U.S. policies and tactics, he so devalued his own voice and potential contributions.
We're sorry that Mr. Durbin woke up this morning still the Senate's assistant minority leader – the second-ranked Democrat – and that it apparently hasn't occurred to fellow Democrats that he should step down from the leadership."
That says it all. It's amazing to see something this thoughtful, this clear, and this close to the heart of the issue in a major newspaper. They get it, and that's enough to make them deserve POR status.
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