The right to remain private

Several months ago I posted on how willing reporters should be to dig into the private lives of politicians. In yesterday’s NY Times Ross Douthat argues that the increased focus on the private indiscretions of politicians is by and large a positive:

Anyone who waxes nostalgic for the days when the press corps winked and nodded at John F. Kennedy’s adulteries, for instance, should acknowledge that they’re pining for a time when the president of the United States probably shared a mistress with a mobster without the public knowing anything about it.

-Luke

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February 23, 2010 · Filed Under Luke, Politics, Rights

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One Response to “The right to remain private”

  1. Colin on February 23rd, 2010 1:48 pm

    This is an interesting difference of opinion between Brooks and Doouthat…

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