premise: will never be doused ( Brit Hume , Fox News Sunday ; Tony Blankley , Late Edition ; Robert Novak , Capital Gang ; Tucker Carlson , The McLaughlin Group ) . The middle way is best expressed by Howard Kurtz ( NBC 's Meet the Press ) -- he scolds Brill for undisclosed campaign contributions and for overstretching his legal case against Kenneth Starr but applauds him for casting light on the media .
hypothesis: Tgey wanted the public to know where the funds came from .