NY Times Editorial Troubles Continue --- As Times Staff Goes Bye

Media Life ^ | June 3, 2003 | Jeff Bercovici

[jackbill]

Some papers have chosen to express their revised view of the Times with actions rather than words. The Lufkin (Texas) Daily News dropped New York Times editorialist Maureen Dowd's column from its editorial page on Friday in response to a column in which she misrepresented the meaning of a remark made by President Bush.

Apparently, the day after Dowd's piece ran, the Sacramento Bee ran an editorial critical of President Bush, based on Dowd's distortion. According the James Taranto (WSJ's OpinionJournal.com), The Sac Bee apologized last Friday for being taken in by Dowd.

[Bob]

I'm still waiting for Jayson Blair to be charged with some type of theft for the travel expenses.

Since the Times was the 'victim' of any theft, I suspect that they'd have to press charges and cooperate in an investigation for anything to be done. They don't appear to be the least bit inclined to go that route.

[Grampa Dave]

However, it sounds like the editors and publisher of this Richmond Fish Wrap ignored those readers and is continuing to run the lines and plagerism of the Ny Slimes.

[Bonaparte]

"They don't appear to be the least bit inclined to go that route."

And small wonder. That last thing they want is to open their records in open court and to have all their reporters and editors called to testify. If they brought criminal charges against Blair, every conservative legal foundation in the country would offer its servives to him free of charge. Can you say "slaughter pen"?

[Liz]

They better listen to readers....papers that lose readership, lose ads, lose money.