Let's see, on the NY Times home page we have this story on the NSA wiretaps which was picked up on Yahoo's front page, this story of Colin Powell's former chief of staff criticizing President Bush, and this editorial excoriating Alito in the wake of this story. And that's just at first glance. And I didn't get to Maureen Dowd's latest on TimesSelect, which I won't pay to join.
Surely there are stories of what else is going on, the progress of the economy perhaps, weapons caches found in Iraq, or what is to come about now that Iraq's election has been held? Maybe some honest analysis of "dubious" intelligence tactics by previous administrations? No, but there is ample coverage of new Yankee centerfielder Johnny Damon & his hair, the dearth of fashion on New York's streets due to the transit strike, and of course a sensitive analysis of the goings on at a Manhattan real estate broker's Christmas holiday party. This is All the News That's Fit to Print.
I hereby call political shenanigans on the New York Times. I don't begrudge them their ideological editorial slant, but supressing coverage of events stands as much in the way of a free society as any criticism they are leveling at the president. Regardless of whatever merit criticism of the NSA situation may have, the astonishing intellectual dishonesty in coverage from the "Paper of Record" tells us exactly where the real fascists are.
Update: Michelle Malkin has a ton more from all over on the left's NSA surveillance feeding frenzy.
Uh, your argument doesn't follow. Assume that the New York Times has not reported on the NSA story as dutifully as other media have.
So what? It's not like there's a dearth of information out there on the story. The Times can, and does, choose to report on what it wants. Mock them all you want for reporting on the fashion choices of commuters stuck without public transit.
But they owe neither you nor Malkin any certain number of articles on the NSA controversy.
Posted by: Dave | December 24, 2005 at 01:12 PM