Michael Ryan Plagiarizes Glen Beck, The Drudge Report Yet Again

Re: "A Rotten Role Model," from the October 20th edition of The Augusta Chronicle.

Once again, Michael Ryan plagiarized the latest paranoid invention of Glen Beck and The Drudge Report, that Obama Communications Director, Anita Dunn, admires the late Chairman Mao.

What Anita Dunn said in front of a high school class was that she liked one particular philosophical point shared by both Mother Theresa and Chairman Mao. She didn't say she supported the atrocities or ideology of Mao.

Mr. Ryan also copied Glen Beck's mischaracterization of a statement Ms. Dunn made about controlling the media. She didn't say the Obama administration was controlling the media. She was telling how during the campaign for the office of president they tried to control the message which makes perfect sense--all politicians running for office certainly want a consistent message.

This consistent plagiarization of the most insane conservative pundits in the media is more evidence that Mr. Ryan is an idiotic, lazy editorial page editor.

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Re: "Adored and Ignored," from the October 19th editorial page of The Augusta Chronicle.

This was a particularly weak editorial. Here, Mr. Ryan is trying to give the impression that President Obama is a weak leader. But he gives not a single concrete example. Instead, he cherry picks quotes from other pundits.

Talk about lazy.