2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Even if Bernie Sanders doesn't win the primary, he has given every indication that he will [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)It used to be you could rely on a paper to care about their reputation. Not the case anymore.
They've put some scummy stuff on their front pages for purposes that are unclear to me. They've made some awful missteps in recent history. Hiring Judith Miller, with her War Slant, was a huge mistake. On the other side, falsely accusing John McCain (and I am no fan, but fair is fair) of having an affair with a lobbyist (all he did was exchange a few ribald jokes with her, in public) was another (sources? We don't need no steenking sources!) and then, of course, the Coup de Grace--this Hot Mess:
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/a-clinton-story-fraught-with-inaccuracies-how-it-happened-and-what-next/?_r=0
Yeah, they admit their "mistake," but that horse is out of the barn, and I don't appreciate people coming in here wearing a DU hat and beating that horse to death, over and over again. It's just not right.
Ahhh, but wait...there's always more. Quite recently, they displayed some of that ANTI-LIBERAL liberal bias they're getting well known for:
http://wgbhnews.org/post/what-new-york-times-screw-tells-us-about-liberal-medias-anti-liberal-bias