Thoughts 18 Aug 2007 07:56 am
NYT and news
The NYT and up to the minute news.
Have you ever noticed how the mainstream press suddenly discovers a news worthy story after they decide it fits their agenda.
This story about a Stevens tit for tat shows as an Aug. 17 story.
That’s nice.. I blogged about it in early June and I found it on A Cracker Boy Looks at Florida.
On closer examination it turns out that the NYT had already published this article on 06/07/07, with a headline of Alaskan Gets Campaign Cash; Florida Road Gets U.S. Funds.
They didn’t miss the story, they simply chose to take the low road.
Instead of publishing something new, they have decided to rehash an old story.
There’s no new content in this version, which indicates that there was no new research.
This tells us, either it was a slow news day, –not likely, or has someone’s got it in for Representative Stevens.
The Republicans have fallen from grace so I guess it’s time for the New York Times to engage in a little “kick ‘em while they’re down.”
Not that I disapprove, but it shouldn’t be the job of the press to play politics.