Article: Corn, Cooper & Cockburn. (Exchange).(David Corn, Marc Cooper respond to columnist Alexander Cockburn)(Letter to the Editor)

Washington, DC

* Never get in a fight with a skunk; even if you win you come out smelling bad. Over the years, that's the advice I have given people who complained they were wronged by Nation columnist Alexander Cockburn. He is, I would explain, a master of the underhanded attack and will use his right of reply to compound whatever false impression--or outright prevarication--he presented in his original hit. You only provide him one more forum for yet another foul swing. I am now going to ignore my own sensible advice.

Let's begin, in Cockburnian fashion, with the ad hominem: Cockburn is a liar. In a recent column, he whacked me for being part of what ...

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