Hashing It Out

By Patrick Appel
A reader writes:

I want to commend The Dish for having a site with enough integrity that the guest-host can strongly disagree with the host. That, along with the “dissent of the day” says a lot about your values, and is a lot of why I keep coming back.

The tolerance of dissent is among my favorite aspects of the Dish. I often select Dissents Of The Day for Andrew to keep him honest, and I make sure he links to bloggers who challenge him. LGF and Michelle Malkin are gleeful because I called Andrew out over the Palin baby rumors, but I can't imagine that either blog would ever allow this type of open debate.