In a hopeful sign for conservatives, EPA nominee Mike Leavitt had the word “controversial” stapled next to his name by the networks. If a nominee to EPA is not “controversial,” it’s a Sierra Club coup.
NPR was reporting Tues. morning that Leavitt would have to “defend” his record as an “environmental moderate.” The bias in that story was very common, with the far left described merely as “environmentalists” (why not just go all the way and use “heroic planetary guardians”?) But there’s something right in yesterday’s phrasing. Moderation is controversial on this left-tilting issue — the Greens are not in the mainstream, despite the media depictions.