Allen Johnson: Do conservatives hold ‘an unmistakable advantage’ on this newspaper’s op-ed pages?
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
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On one basic premise, Media Matters and I agree: Leonard Pitts Jr. is a very popular columnist with a broad and faithful audience.
Pitts draws full houses when he comes to Greensboro and his following crosses racial and ideological lines.
His column following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 evoked one of the most positive and sustained responses from readers I’ve ever seen.
What’s more, he’s a genuinely nice guy who’s conversant on everything from comic books and P-Funk to religion and global politics. He doesn’t huff and puff with self-importance, despite that Pulitzer Prize on his mantle.
If I wanted to cause a reader insurrection in Greensboro, all I’d need to do is yank either Pitts or Thomas Friedman from the paper. I’d have to leave town. Fast.
So, I buy it when Media Matters cites Pitts as the second-most popular syndicated columnist in North Carolina (George Will ranked first). (more…)
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