[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

At some point in the past, the paper delivered to itself the right to print dishonest, and slanted stories to fit their ideological mold, and having done this, it no longer fits the needs of the readers.

The attempt to brainwash the masses leaves a very confused citizenry to understand what is going on!

Dishonest reporting of the facts has no place anywhere.

[RoseofTexas]

Hell, I've yet to hear the up roar over that WITCH Dowd's BIG LIE column she wrote making President Bush a liar!! When does she get the BOOT??

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

You are correct, sir. And there is nothing all that new here. The willingness of the Times and Walter Duranty to shill for Stalin in the 1930's precedes the present crisis by 70 years.

I am currently reading Robert Caro's book on Robert Moses who was NYC's Parks and Highway Czar for approximately 50 years. Caro is fascinated by how Moses first obtained and then used his power. In so doing Moses transformed New York, in many ways for the worse, by promoting highways at the expense of mass transportation. One of the secrets to his success was the support of the Times, it's publishers and it's editorial board, who always slanted the news in Moses' favor.

The Times has a long and sordid history of advancing and agenda at the expense of the truth. And now the truth is catching up to the Times.

This is a good thing.

[cloud8]

"At some point in the past, the paper delivered to itself the right to print dishonest, and slanted stories to fit their ideological mold..."

My own observation is that the NY Times has been like that since at least the 60s. Thanks to the efforts of media watchdog groups and books like Bias and Slander, the liberal press has been put on notice, and the good news is that the LAT seems to have made a response. But I'm afraid that the insurrection at the NY Times has more to do with journalistic competence and an arrogant management style, and that Pinch is simply going to hire another editor made in his ideological image.