It’s A Matter of Perspective

It’s always entertaining to compare how one story is handled by blogs on both the left and right.  Case in point, a report about how much John Edwards has been paid for a speech.  First, from the right:

The Left’s Hero, John Edwards

The headline: Edwards charges $55,000 to speak to UC Davis students about poverty I don’t even [...]

Same story, from the left:

Edwards Hammered for Speaking Fees

John Edwards is getting hammered now for–gasp–accepting money to speak at universities about poverty. But if you compare the relatively modest $55,000 fee paid by UC Davis for a presentation about poverty in America in January 2006 to Rudy Giuliani’s $100,000 per-engagement fee to pawn his "principles of leadership", I think you can get a [...]

Tags: John Edwards, Speaking Fees, Poverty

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