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To: JohnM who wrote (130294)	8/7/2005 11:01:57 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

then it's little more than a PR sheet for a political party. You just can't stand the commentary at the Washington Times. They do a better job at the Pentagon than the WaPo or the NYT. When it comes to politics, the NYT is a running dog for the DNC. At times, I think the NYT editorial dept is writing the DNC talking points. I notice you still won't comment on the obvious spike of the Air-Enron story.

To: JohnM who wrote (130294)	8/7/2005 11:08:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

I have no serious idea what he means by it. I assume it means that news, news analysis, and news commentary are not necessarily marked as such, the latter two, that is, the former being the default, which is a problem just about everywhere these days. I think that's a true statement albeit hardly unique to the NYT, which is how the quote is sometimes framed.

To: JohnM who wrote (130294)	8/7/2005 11:24:50 AM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793682

"If it can't escape it's political viewpoint, then it's little more than a PR sheet for a political party. " This is as true of much of the NYT's coverage as it is of the Washington Post. They support the Democrats. There are some exceptions, i.e. John Burns. I don't have a problem with their fact, only with their hypocrisy about being "objective" in their reporting and choice of stories. In particular the Air America/Gloria Wise scandal, which IS a NY story, IS being investigated by Eliot Spitzer, and SHOULD be reported on by the NYT. It isn't. I can think of no reason why it shouldn't be, except that the NYT doesn't want to harm a liberal talk show.