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Times Tries To Find A “Conservative” Voice It’s Comfortable With
Boycott The New York Times ^ | February 5, 2009 | Don Feder

Posted on 02/05/2009 11:48:02 AM PST by AIM Freeper

An article in New York Magazine notes the difficulty The New York Times is having in trying to find a conservative voice it’s comfortable with for its opinion page.

The paper is losing one of its two ostensibly conservative columnists. Departing columnist Bill Kristol is an establishment Republican who’s never been accused of being exactly dynamic, eloquent or edgy. Hence, he was safe from The Times’ perspective.

The paper’s remaining voice on the right (loosely defined) is David Brooks. In Brooks, The Times has found a writer Maureen Dowd would be comfortable taking home to dinner.

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1 posted on 02/05/2009 11:48:03 AM PST by AIM Freeper
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To: AIM Freeper
Go tell Sulzberger
Go tell Sulzber-er-ger
Go tell Sulzberger
his Gray Old Lady's dead.
2 posted on 02/05/2009 11:49:54 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: AIM Freeper

If the situation in MN doesn’t work out, maybe the NYT will hire Al Franken as a Conservative voice. [/s]


3 posted on 02/05/2009 11:50:09 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: AIM Freeper

why bother?? its just pretending


4 posted on 02/05/2009 11:51:26 AM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: AIM Freeper
Photobucket Here's one they would be comfortable with!!
5 posted on 02/05/2009 11:51:43 AM PST by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: AIM Freeper

Should I apply, freepers?

(chuckle)


6 posted on 02/05/2009 11:52:25 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: AIM Freeper

On the short list of conservative writers for the Times....

Howard Dean
Angela Davis
Hugo Chavez
William Ayers

Some in the newsroom are concerned that such extreme right wingers might reflect poorly on the paper.


7 posted on 02/05/2009 11:53:30 AM PST by MediaMole
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To: AIM Freeper

The Times wouldn’t know a conservative voice if it bit them on the butt. That’s because they consider all conservatives to be right-wing nutbags.


8 posted on 02/05/2009 11:53:50 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: theDentist

Why not McCain? he always agrees with the NYT


9 posted on 02/05/2009 11:56:19 AM PST by wny
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To: AIM Freeper

I’d love to see them start running Anne Coulter.


10 posted on 02/05/2009 12:00:04 PM PST by Troll_House_Cookies (Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
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To: AIM Freeper

The one thing they have NEVER had is a pro-life conservative. Not Safire. Not Brooks. Not Kristol. That and LGBT are their bottom lines.


11 posted on 02/05/2009 12:00:10 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: AIM Freeper

How about Thomas Sowell?


12 posted on 02/05/2009 12:02:55 PM PST by avacado
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To: Troll_House_Cookies

“I’d love to see them start running Anne Coulter.”

If they did they might save the paper.


13 posted on 02/05/2009 12:04:43 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: AIM Freeper

They might as well stop their search.


14 posted on 02/05/2009 12:22:35 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: AIM Freeper

David brooks is NOT a conservative or even a RINO.

If I hear him say, “Mark, I have to agree with you” one more time on the News Hour with Lehderer I will scream.


15 posted on 02/05/2009 1:10:21 PM PST by wildbill
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To: AIM Freeper

Couldn’t they get Ed Anger from the Weekly World News? I know it would be a step down in prestige for him to go to the New York Times but if the money is good.


16 posted on 02/05/2009 2:13:28 PM PST by Swiss ("Thus always to tyrants")
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To: AIM Freeper

Mark Stine would be great, but he is to good at exposing the NYT stupidity.


17 posted on 02/05/2009 3:07:15 PM PST by usurper (Spelling or grammatical errors in this post can be attributed to the LA City School System)
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