Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Media - the N.Y. Times marches on
Newspapers generally endorse their favored candidates openly on their opinion page.
Anyway, that's what the respectable newspapers do.
Of course, this is the New York Times...
Anyway, that's what the respectable newspapers do.
Of course, this is the New York Times...
At Spectator.org, Matthew Vadum reports on the shenanigans:
"Acknowledging what the blogosphere has known for weeks, the New York Times finally went on record to admit that just before last Election Day it killed a politically sensitive news story involving corruption allegations that might have made the Obama campaign look bad.
But the admission on Sunday, which came seven months after NYT staff reporter Stephanie Strom's reporting about possibly illegal coordination between the Obama campaign and ACORN last year, took the form of a snarky column from Clark Hoyt, the Old Gray Lady's "public editor.""
