Conservativa

You are number 6.

Actually, the column raises a lot of good questions. If blogs force more openness on campaigns, partly by instant fact-checking…

It’s hard to say that raising the bar on truth in politics is anything but good. Facts matter. Still . . . the constant, omniscient and unforgiving fastidiousness of the Web-led media is beginning to make one feel like a character in the famous British sci-fi TV series “The Prisoner.”

In “The Prisoner,” the authorities put a former spy, played by Patrick McGoohan, in the Village, where life was “good” but everything was seen. Whenever the rebellious spy, Number Six, tried to escape, a large, white balloon would chase him and catch him and pacify him. The Web is becoming our white balloon.

Very good column, but I think Henninger was still wrestling with the subject when he sent the column for publication. There are some points worth a lot of thought there. What do you think?