New York Times Hires Reporting Intern Who Wrote for Obama Surrogates In 2012 Campaign

News Busters ^ | June 24 2014 | Tim Graham

[PoloSec]

Theodore "Teddy" Schleifer is a reporting intern for The New York Times. But he already has a resume as a Democratic staffer going back to high school, including the last Obama-Biden campaign. Paul Farhi of The Washington Post captured the controversy after Schleifer tackled the Mississippi GOP Senate primary.

“The incestuous relationship between the mainstream media and Democratic Party has headed down to Mississippi,” Erick Erickson wrote on Redstate.com. “Schiefer [sic] . . . is also quite proud of [an earlier] hit piece on then Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels [written for his college newspaper]. He seems like he’ll be a good liberal reporter. Obama connections and the New York Times tend to go hand in hand these days.”

Schliefer declined to comment, referring questions to Philip B. Corbett, associate managing editor for standards at the Times. In an e-mail exchange, Corbett said Schliefer disclosed his work for Democrats “in detail” to Corbett and his editors in Washington before beginning his internship.

“We are confident that his work for us is solid, accurate and fair, and that we can avoid any potential conflicts of interest,” Corbett said.

Asked if readers would feel the same way if they were aware of Schliefer’s background, Corbett replied: “I hope and expect that fair-minded readers will perceive our coverage as fair and accurate. As I said, we are comfortable with Teddy’s work and his assignments.”

[Gumdrop]

Well, Isn’t that just peachy???????

[Invictus]

ya, sure. Anybody buying the Brooklyn Bridge lately?

[clintonh8r]

Grooming the next generation of liberal liars.....

[Mr. K]

indoctrinate them while they are young, and move the more promising little socialists up the ladder as fast as possible

[Darksheare]

“Ve must double down on our favorable coverage uv der fuehrer!”

[SES1066]

Reinforces the view, as if any such reinforcement is needed, of the NY Times (NYT) as a leading Liberal Democrat MOUTHPIECE! I can remember a video clip of the fired Executive Editor of the NYT, Jill Abramson, claiming that outside the editorial pages, that the NYT is non-partisan. I beg to say that the evidence differs. An older example that I remember is the coverage of John McCain, GOP President Candidate (2008) with an accusation of adultery. Ignoring the facts of the accusation and just focusing on the reportage in a apple-to-apple comparison, I cannot seem to remember any coverage of similar accusations concerning Joe Biden who was also running for President in that cycle as a DEMOCRAT!