http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7465/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/norman-podhoretz-attacked-embittered-paranoid-crank-sunday-book-review <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Conservative legend Norman Podhoretz&#039;s thoughts are the &quot;intemperate rantings&quot; of &quot;an embittered, paranoid crank,&quot; according to Damon Linker, an unidentified liberal writer who was given two books on Podhoretz to review. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Reviewing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/Linker-t.html?_r=1&amp;ref=religion_and_belief">two books</a> on conservative icon and Commentary magazine founder Norman Podhoretz ("Norman Podhoretz: A Biography" and "Running Commentary") the Times stacked the deck by turning to Damon Linker, a former conservative, to unleash an extreme and unprofessionally personal and harsh attack on Podhoretz, who today's angry left can never forgive for being a "neocon" supporter of the war in Iraq. <br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/norman-podhoretz-attacked-embittered-paranoid-crank-sunday-book-review" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch BookReview DamonLinker Iraq liberalmediabias Neocon NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias NormanPodhoretz TimesWatch Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:14:00 +0000 admin 7744 at http://archive2.mrc.org