A fair amount of what I read in editorials is writers on both left and right justifying their sides position or pointing out flaws or hypocrisy on the other side. It's not universal, but is pervasive. Today, however, I read two articles that bucked the general trend.
One is by JC Watts, former Republican congressman, who notes that spending is a bipartisan problem. It's easy on the right to point out the excess spending by Democrats, but Republicans spent like drunken sailors when they had the House, Senate, and White House during W's presidency.
The other is by Gretchen Morgenson in the New York Times, which points out the spin involved in GM's "repayment" of the bailout money. The Times is no adversary of the Obama administration, but at least (in this instance), they allowed sunlight to shine on the shady dealings and press of GM paying back taxpayer money with other taxpayer money.
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