A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: BILL KELLER AS EDITOR OF THE NYTIMES IN 1944

Horsefeathers ^ | 6-27-2006 | Stephen Rittenberg

[ritt]

Horsefeathers has argued that contemporary Liberalism is a childishly immature faith, rooted in utopian fantasies about human nature. Many have expressed shocked outrage at the NYTimes's self-appointment as defender of the public's "right to know" about secret war plans. Real American lives are at stake, but the NYTimes has its principles and Bill Keller will defend them to the last drop of his Bombay Sapphire Gibson. A hallmark of the immature mind is its devotion to abstract principles regardless of real life experience. "The public's right to know" is one such principle; in the real world, grown ups know such abstractions, if not tempered by experience, can lead to mass death and destruction. Not in Timesworld, where noble minded self flattery trumps reality.

[ConorMacNessa]

If this jackass had been editor of the NYT in 1944, Hitler would have known the attack was coming at Normandy instead of Calais.

[atomicpossum]

(Fictional?) NYT headlines:

JAPANESE AND GERMAN CODES CRACKED
Pentagon Knows Everything Tokyo and Berlin Say

"SECRET DAY" TO BE JUNE SIXTH

"MANHATTAN PROJECT" CREATES NEW BOMB

[theDentist]

THE BIG CON
Allies Convince Axis Invasion to be Far From Normandy

SECRET PLAN TO KILL YAMAMOTO

SPIES!
Complete List of Agents in Germany/France

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

All spewing coming from the NYT has nothing to do with immature, childish utopian dreams. They are just traitors, plain and simple...