The NY Times and the T word
Dymphna at
The Gates of Vienna has a wonderful post about the NY Times and its agenda:
Toying With Treason
A New York Post opinion piece got it right: The New York Times is “toying with treason” and has been for some time. Labeling The Times the “self-styled paper of record”, The Post thinks the Old Grey Doxy has plans to attempt to have its former loyal leftists return to the fold — the ones it lost when it reported on Saddam Hussein’s WMD:Yet the paper has done more than merely try to embarrass the Bush administration these last few months.
It has published classified information — and thereby knowingly blown the covers of secret programs and agencies engaged in combating the terrorist threat.
The most notorious example was the paper’s disclosure some 10 days ago that, since 9/11, the Bush administration has “secretly” engaged in warrantless eavesdropping on U.S.-based international phone calls and e-mails.
The Post thinks that the Times, along with CNN and CBS, are trying to affix an impeachment proceeding against the President. This is a subject I’ve heard from leftists since Bush’s first election. They are still angry that he’s in the Oval Office and if they can help it, he won’t stay there — even if it means endangering our counter-terrorism activities. These are people who don’t mind being dead right; the important point is to be “right” and get Bush out.
As the Post points out, Bush has precedent on his side: two Democratic presidents who used warrantless searches:both the last two Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, used warrantless searches — and strongly defended them as fully justified under the authority granted the president by the Constitution. In fact, the Washington Times reports that Clinton expanded their use to purely domestic situations — such as violent public-housing projects.
Not only is the NY Times displaying a very large bias, they seem to be actively engaged in doing all they can to undermine the Bush presidency.
They are pandering to their audience -- which is fine if you are careful not to have any actual effect but when your actions have consequences, you need to reconsider. Especially if you are billing yourself as "The Newspaper of Record"
Maybe this is why their stock is doing so very well:
Posted by DaveH at December 31, 2005 1:06 PM