Sunday, January 18, 2009
Bah
Not that I mind getting comments from yahoos, but I wish it was for justifiable reasons. A reporter with the Cox News Service picked up the press release from Miami regarding my recognition by the House Judiciary Committee for my work on the signing statement. The reporter simply reposted the press release verbatim, which isn't unusual. But he changed the title, and in so doing attributed my work as something that it is not.
The Miami press release says: POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR NOTED IN JUST-RELEASED HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORT, which is right. In this mammoth report very critical of the administration, some of which is partisan attacks, I have a blurb whereby it makes reference to my work on the signing statement.
The Cox News Service article's title is: MU PROFESSOR CLAIMS BUSH ABUSED POWER IN REPORT. Now that is entirely different. This now has me co-writing the report with Chairman Conyers. Overall, the tone suggests not an academic examination but rather a partisan jab. Now for those who read my blog postings, you know that from time to time I have been critical of the Bush administration and its use of the signing statement, and it is a statement of fact that he blows the lid off using the signing statement to challenge provisions of law. But that is my blog. To suggest that I use my academic writing to make partisan attacks is a swing at my reputation as a researcher. Thus I take issue with the posting and have written the reporter to say as much.
What I love are the comments that this news posting as received, telling me to return to my "Ivory Tower" (I live in a modest two story brick house) and, despite clearly noting that I am employed at Miami University, one commentor suggests I "get a job." Suppose he or she has one to offer?
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The Miami press release says: POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR NOTED IN JUST-RELEASED HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORT, which is right. In this mammoth report very critical of the administration, some of which is partisan attacks, I have a blurb whereby it makes reference to my work on the signing statement.
The Cox News Service article's title is: MU PROFESSOR CLAIMS BUSH ABUSED POWER IN REPORT. Now that is entirely different. This now has me co-writing the report with Chairman Conyers. Overall, the tone suggests not an academic examination but rather a partisan jab. Now for those who read my blog postings, you know that from time to time I have been critical of the Bush administration and its use of the signing statement, and it is a statement of fact that he blows the lid off using the signing statement to challenge provisions of law. But that is my blog. To suggest that I use my academic writing to make partisan attacks is a swing at my reputation as a researcher. Thus I take issue with the posting and have written the reporter to say as much.
What I love are the comments that this news posting as received, telling me to return to my "Ivory Tower" (I live in a modest two story brick house) and, despite clearly noting that I am employed at Miami University, one commentor suggests I "get a job." Suppose he or she has one to offer?
