it seems remarkably dishonest that reporter noel brinkerhoff chooses to elicit a reaction quote only from crew, and identifies crew merely as "a nonprofit group"; in fact, crew is an obviously partisan tool of the political left looking for an ax to grind against conservatives like norm coleman and fred malek. serious news organizations such as congressional quarterly and roll call have reported on crew's overwhelmingly lopsided vendetta against conservatives. crew has been explicitly called "democratic-leaning" by mcclatchy news service and the daily caller, been called "left-leaning" by the chicago tribune and lexington herald-leader, and been called "liberal" by time magazine, roll call, the washington post, and usa today. why does this article imply crew is neutral? in march 2011, certain of crew's anti-conservative accusations were called 'hypocritical' by the weekly standard, and the new republic even published an article titled: "why do ethics stories still quote crew's melanie sloan?" noel brinkerhoff and the rest of the media do their readers a disservice when they hide crew's leftwing political underpinnings, and their partisan interest in the downfall of conservative targets.