I guess Greg Mitchell, editor of the newspaper industry bible Editor and Publisher, has a right to his opinion. But he’s not doing a favor to journalists who are weary of left-wing bias allegations by calling for U.S. newspapers to come out against the war.

Interestingly, he cites The Dallas Morning News as a potential recruit to the anti-war cause, based on its recent criticism of President Bush’s “shopworn optimism” regarding Iraq. Sorry, Greg, but you don’t know the newspaper’s updated editorial strategy — which has been, for some time now, to make points that play to the left and the right without coming out strongly on either side. The Morning News has been critical of President Bush, but its editorial board won’t be raising the anti-war banner anytime soon.