Eugene Kennedy’s long investigative report Mike Barnicle and American Twilight

on the Boston Globe‘s poorly justified firing of the outspoken commentator two years ago. Barnicle was by many accounts the most popular Globe columnist, offending many by tweaking their political correctness left and right. Kennedy feels it was one particular Globe editor’s self-serving hypocrisy that brought Barnicle down over a non-issue without an adequate opportunity to defend himself. It deserves looking at again since the Globe just did something seemingly similar to Jeff Jacoby, their only columnist with conservative credentials.

“That’s American twilight: Being found half guilty in the half light that’s too dim to

illuminate the whole truth, the truth that is complex while accusations are simple and

live forever on the Internet. Dusk is a great equalizer, right and wrong, honor and

dishonor, they look the same after sundown.” Jim Romenesko’s Media News