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Clark Hoyt, ombudsman for The New York Times, critiques the paper's failure to publish the ACORN story until practically every other major news outlet had done so.
It leads, he suggested delicately, to the Times "looking clueless or, worse, partisan itself."
Well, coupled with the paper's studied avoidance of the Van Jones story until the man had actually retired, yes, one could certainly say that, couldn't one?
In the paper's defense, Hoyt notes that it's published stories about Eliot Spitzer and Charles Rangel, even though they are Democrats. And it's true; the paper has.
But they are New York Democrats, and even if Rangel...
It leads, he suggested delicately, to the Times "looking clueless or, worse, partisan itself."
Well, coupled with the paper's studied avoidance of the Van Jones story until the man had actually retired, yes, one could certainly say that, couldn't one?
In the paper's defense, Hoyt notes that it's published stories about Eliot Spitzer and Charles Rangel, even though they are Democrats. And it's true; the paper has.
But they are New York Democrats, and even if Rangel...
A Damning Indictment
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