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When word of Karl Rove's resignation reached the Seattle Times during a daily news meeting, cheers erupted. Executive editor David Boardman sent a pair of memos to his staff: "That sort of expression is simply not appropriate for a newsroom. ... As we head into a major political year, now's a good time to remember: Please keep your personal politics to yourself.... If we allowed our news meetings to evolve into a liberal latte klatch, I have no doubt that a pathological case of group-think would soon set in." When these tut-tuts appeared online, some of us-folk said, Aren't MSM news meetings ...