Jack Shafer of Slate is not impressed with Bloomberg View, the opinion operation launched this week by Bloomberg News.
“Reasonableness exists primarily to marginalize the views of others, making it as much a social posture as a political position. The label of most reasonable usually is awarded to the person who is the most unreasonable in his pursuit of the title. As mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg has used the aura of reasonableness to intrude into the lives of the city’s residents in dozens of petty ways.
“Although you could argue that Bloomberg’s ‘reasonableness’ has been key to his political success, no assessment of his ballot totals is complete without mentioning that he has essentially bought his way to prominence: He spent $108 million on winning his third term as mayor, which is $185 for each vote he got in the general election. Some would say that allowing a rich guy to spend millions of his own money on political office is unreasonable, but don’t expect that position to get an airing in a Bloomberg View editorial.”
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