That David Corn?

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 7:20 AM on November 1, 2005.

Bloggers are up in arms at David Corn's decision to join the editorial board of Pajamas Media, a consortium of mostly conservative bloggers with a hazy mission and lousy design.

James Wolcott writes

"I don't understand why someone as politically keen as The Nation's David Corn would lend his name to the editorial board of Pajamas Media, the greatest assembly of conservative deadbeats since Jonah Goldberg's last fondue party. What an illustrious roster of ideological utensils make up Pajamas' masthead..."

Steve Gilliard adds: "I've seen their invite and wondered who would swim in this sewer."

Jeff Jarvis, wonders:

"I never fully understood what Pajamas Media wanted to be and I understand it even less now that they are holding a gala, four-and-a-half-hour intro in New York at the Rainbow Room on Nov. 16 with Judy Miller as their keynote. Judy Miller? Judy Miller!"

But is it really the worst thing in the world? Fine, sure, Corn provides a fig leaf for those who'll claim that PM is a partisan sewer, but is it just possible that Corn's presence will produce a dialogue, moderate the group, or at least expose readers to another perspective? Mayyyybe.

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Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.