Saturday, February 23, 2008

The New York Times Under Assault by McCain's Thugs

Freep.com has the story on The New York Times' reaction to the controversy surrounding their story about McCain's alleged relationship with a lobbyist, a relationship that could have been ferociously tepid or perhaps even amorously lukewarm.
New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller said in an online forum Friday that he was surprised at the critical reaction to a story the paper published a day earlier that highlighted Sen. John McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist.
Has the whole world gone upside down? Where's our freedom of the press? It's getting to be so that a publishing juggernaut can hardly print calumny based on unattributed hearsay about a war hero any more. Typical of the conservatives, they can't stand it when the press points out their flaws, particularly when those flaws are made up out of whole cloth.
"Personally, I was surprised by the volume of the reaction," including more than 2,400 comments on the paper's Web site, (Mr. Keller) said. "I was surprised by how lopsided the opinion was against our decision, with readers who described themselves as independents and Democrats joining Republicans in defending Mr. McCain from what they saw as a cheap shot."
I miss the old days.

Update: neo-neocon has what might be the ultimate insult to the old, gray bag lady.

3 comments:

pilgrimchick said...

Really---what did McCain and his supporters expect? The guy finally looks like the Republican nominee....and of course stuff is going to come out contradicting his claim to be the enemy of lobbyists and that he is a plain-spoken, no-nonsense guy. He has got to get over it. So do his supporters. Look at how they treated all the other opposing candidates, Republican and Democrat. Hypocrites.

Dean said...

Linked!

Rose said...

Wow, KT, I just spent some time at neo-neocon, Amazing! I'm sending her blog link to everyone I know who will appreciate it.

Her links in her 'about me' tell the story - How many of us are there out here who decided not to stay silent anymore when the partisan hatred rants began, and met with something we never expected, lost friends, but gained new ones... wow. It just so sounds like my own experience. I am blown away.