Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Caroline Kennedy - and her Special Friend
Officially, The New York Times claims to be unbiased.
I wonder if they're just playing with words, like it depends on what the meaning of "bias" is...
I wonder if they're just playing with words, like it depends on what the meaning of "bias" is...
Alex Pareene posts this and more at Gawker.com:
"Don't even bother to leave a comment at the Times local news blog suggesting a sexy patrician affair between the Senator-to-be and the publisher of the Times.
It seems like a mostly legitimate question to ask, doesn't it? Whether or not they're having sexy sexy old rich scion sex, the special friendship between Sulzberger and Kennedy is well-documented. And when the publisher of your paper is BFF with a public figure, asking whether that friendship affects coverage of that public figure is certainly fair game.
But no, no comments allowed asking about the affair."
