http://timchapmanblog.com/2006/07/26/disclosure-in-the-conservative-blogosphere/ Politics, policy, media, culture...missives from Capitol Hill Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://timchapmanblog.com/2006/07/26/disclosure-in-the-conservative-blogosphere/#comment-2460 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:15:19 +0000 http://timchapmanblog.com/2006/07/26/disclosure-in-the-conservative-blogosphere/#comment-2460 [...] Case in point, today’s Blogometer in which the Patrick Hynes flap was the lead story: Hynes’ righty blogger friends were quick to forgive. Ryan Sager at RCP Blog: “Hynes is handling this correctly. There’s basically no excuse for not disclosing the relationship earlier. And his past comments about similar scandals on the Left now look awfully hypocritical. But, unlike on the Left, it’s not all deny, deny, deny. He handled something in the wrong way, and now he’s saying so forthrightly.” Tim Chapman: “I think Hynes is handling the whole thing quite well.” Instapundit: “Hynes acted as go-between on our podcast interview with John McCain; I didn’t realize he was actually being paid by McCain’s PAC. Not sure it would have mattered, really, but I would have liked to know.” [...] […] Case in point, today’s Blogometer in which the Patrick Hynes flap was the lead story: Hynes’ righty blogger friends were quick to forgive. Ryan Sager at RCP Blog: “Hynes is handling this correctly. There’s basically no excuse for not disclosing the relationship earlier. And his past comments about similar scandals on the Left now look awfully hypocritical. But, unlike on the Left, it’s not all deny, deny, deny. He handled something in the wrong way, and now he’s saying so forthrightly.” Tim Chapman: “I think Hynes is handling the whole thing quite well.” Instapundit: “Hynes acted as go-between on our podcast interview with John McCain; I didn’t realize he was actually being paid by McCain’s PAC. Not sure it would have mattered, really, but I would have liked to know.” […]

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