"Why are Obama's critics so dumb?" Ctd

David Frum's response to Sullivan's coverstory is hardly the most toxic of reactions, but it's worth quoting (particularly because it appears in Newsweek, Sullivan's magazine):

Yes, much of the criticism of the Obama administration has been hysterical and deluded. Yes, many of the attacks on the president and his family have been ugly and hateful. But in rejecting the extremism of some critics, we shouldn’t race to the opposite and equally invalid extreme of denying all criticism. There is much to admire in Barack Obama the man. But his presidency, especially on the domestic front, has been a bitter disappointment to almost everybody—perhaps above all to those who most desperately needed help from the government he led. It’s time for a new way forward.

It's pleasing to see that Frum, unlike a number of other commentators, has actually read the piece in its entirety (Ann Althouse, take note), and hasn't simply spewed a half-baked retaliation based on the magazine's provocative cover. Tina Brown must have known that it would spark a small war on either side of the political spectrum, and although she's always had a talent for the right kind of controversy, her Newsweek career seems to illustrate it best — 'Diana at 50' and all.

But it's just all too funny when Fox News — of all institutions — launches a tirade against another outlet regarding decent journalistic practices. I very much doubt they'll take too much interest in the magazine's publishing of Frum's piece, because their only interest is in gathering second-rate evidence for their inane argument about the mainstream media's perceived liberal bias. Perhaps it takes a satirist to set them straight on this.