'If There is a Radical Leftist or Two in the Group, I Don’t Care'

On the upside, this idiot admits Code Pink is a radical leftist group. On the downside, he admits his newspaper is hopelessly biased, has no standards, and he doesn't give a shit about it.

And they wonder why the newspaper industry is dying.

If any of you went into your bosses' office and said you don't care about standards and fairness, how much longer would you be employed?

A Detroit Free Press editor expressed regret Monday that left-wing and anti-war activists were included in a focus group of so-called independent voters the newspaper interviewed during the political conventions, but said he didn’t see the harm in having a “radical leftist or two” in the group.

In response to questions posed to the would-be independent panel, two members of the anti-war group CodePink — as well as two other liberal activists — offered praise of Barack Obama after his Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech. A week later they turned the tables and ripped into Republican Sarah Palin’s vice presidential nomination acceptance speech. Their comments appeared online and were excerpted in the Free Press’ print edition.

“I wish that it weren’t the case that there were two people from an activist group and we didn’t know about it,” assistant managing editor Randy Essex said of the CodePink members.

Nonetheless, Essex defended the panel’s results.

“If there is a radical leftist or two in the group, I don’t care,” Essex told FOXNews.com. “I want a robust conversation, a complete range of political viewpoints.”

The four activists were part of a group of seven self-described “independents.” Nine Republicans and 11 Democrats were also on the panel.

This is what is known as making up news. They were fully aware how stacked the deck was and they just didn't care because they want to create the impression there's more independent support for Barack Obama than there is for John McCain.

Which we now know is not nearly the case.