Like some of you, no doubt, I watched and wrote about last night’s presidential debate under half-protest, annoyed at the hysterically overwrought coverage that treated the event like a WWE cage match. But that’s the media environment we have right now, and it makes me value even more the clear-eyed tradition that the founder of the Washington Monthly followed and promoted.
As mentioned in earlier posts, the Monthly is seeking to preserve and draw attention to Charles Peters’ legacy through a film, How Washington Really Works: The Life and Times of Charlie Peters. There’s a trailer for the film up on the site, along with a means for contributing to its final editing costs (we’re just over half-way to our goal). It’s a small but important way to help ensure that political journalism does not completely descend into the pit.
