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To: MrLucky who wrote (289120)	1/23/2009 3:59:10 PM
From: Ruffian	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793956

TIMES MUGS IT UP WITH OBAMA; January 23, 2009 -- THE New York Times abandoned any pretense of impartiality by throwing an inauguration night party at the New Museum on the Bowery, where guests were provided with straw top hats, red-white-and-blue Obama pins and "Hail to the Chief" cocktails. Gabriel Sherman reports on New York magazine's Web site that the gift bag contained a poster showing Obama in profile above the Times logo. "The marriage of the Times' flag and Obama's silhouette was jarring," Sherman writes. "One guest remarked that the poster looked like something put out by Pravda." Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis said the event was staged by the paper's marketing department "to celebrate the new era in politics." But Sherman noted the Times "stands to gain, at least financially, from an Obama presidency." The Times is selling an "Inauguration & Election Newspaper Set" for $29.95, a photo of Obama by Damon Winter for $1,129, and sets of Obama "Victory Mugs" for $24.95. "For a paper with the Times' long-held journalistic values, hosting a party for a political candidate is far from seemly," wrote Sherman. NY Post.