I see myself as a friendly critic of The New York Times. It has all its shortcomings, which are many. But it also produces day in and day so much that, were it not to exist, we would be deeply impoverished as readers, as a country. Here though is an article which is so comically wrong in its basic understanding of events that I really do have to wonder what’s wrong with the publication’s DC bureau. Something there and really in the whole operation right up to the top is seriously wrong for this piece to have been published.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1389354
Whoever is covering the Hill for NYT is not politically astute or a closet Republican. His views are skewed & extreme with this whole progressives vs moderates in Dem party. There seems a concerted effort to create a schism. They want Dems to look in disarray like GOP is.
Sadly, cable news is promoting this same schism…I don’t see it.
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Something’s Very Wrong with the Times
The embedded attitude of “the news is what we say it is”. Otherwise known as sucking one’s own exhaust, or believing one’s own press releases (they especially should know better).
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The Old Gray Lady done gone senile…
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McConnell: “These aren’t the ledes you’re looking for.”
NYT DC Bureau: “These aren’t the ledes we’re looking for.”
McConnell: “The GOP can go about its business.”
NYT DC Bureau: “You can go about your business.”
McConnell: “Move along.”
NYT DC Bureau: “Move along.”
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McConnell: “You don’t need to follow the money.”
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