How Evan Blew It

Evan Thomas has moved from being reputable to being disreputable because of his Katrina coverage. The fallacies involved in Thomas' coverage have become too burdonsome to excuse henceforth. The fundamental flaw in his coverage is of this kind: The President has characteristics x, y, and z; I am unsatisfied with the Federal responce to Katrina; therefore not only is the President responsible, but his characteristics x, y, and z are the cause of his poor performance. Thomas is now in the Paul Krugman catagory of partisan hacks, as far as I am concerned.