Gore Stands Up for the Constitution: New York Whore Times is A.W.O.L.

[Octafish]

Where was the "paper of record" when Gore gave the speech of the last four decades?

What Paul Craig Roberts wrote:

Gore Stands Up for the Constitution

A Challenge that Cannot be Ignored

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
January 18, 2006

Former vice president Al Gore gave what I believe to be the most important political speech in my lifetime, and the New York Times, "the newspaper of record," did not report it. Not even excerpts.

For the New York Times, it was a nonevent that a former vice president and presidential candidate, denied the presidency by one vote of the Supreme Court, challenged the Bush administration for its illegalities, rending of the Constitution and disrespect for the separation of powers.

So much for "the liberal press" that right-wingers rant about. If a "liberal press" exists, the New York Times is certainly no longer a member.

The Washington Post had a short report on Gore's address at Constitution Hall, but the newspaper, if that is what it is, managed to water down the seriousness and urgency of the message that Gore brought to the country with sneers.

Gore's address is the first sign of leadership from the Democratic party in six years. This alone makes it a major news event. But not even his own party took notice. According to reports, only one Democratic senator, Dianne Feinstein (CA) was in the audience. One would have thought the entire Democratic congressional delegation would have turned out in support of Gore's challenge to Bush's extraordinary claims of power.

CONTINUED...

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01182006.html

Go Gore Go!

[Demoiselle]

1. Actually they tucked a mention into the end of another article on Tuesday.

The article was about the spying issue...but only in the last two paragraphs did they mention Gore's speech. Appalling.

[swag]

4. Okay, found the Tuesday print edition.

You're right, of course. Article was about the ACLU suit, and did excerpt Gore's speech in the last graphs, as you say.

Also had a picture of Gore giving the speech.

[Octafish]

12. Thanks, Demoiselle. If it were up to me, Gore's speech would've been A-1.

Headline letters eight-inches high:

"GORE NAILS BUSH"

[swag]

2. Funny, it made it on-line on Monday. I don't have the Tues print edition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/politics/16cnd-gore.html

Gore Is Sharply Critical of Bush Policy on Surveillance

By VIKAS BAJAJ

Published: January 16, 2006

Former Vice President Al Gore said today that recent revelations that the Bush administration monitored domestic telephone conversations without obtaining warrants "virtually compels the conclusion that the president of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently."

In an hour-long speech during which he grew animated and frequently raised his voice, Mr. Gore called on the attorney general to appoint a special counsel to investigate the matter and recommended that Congress hold "comprehensive - not just superficial - hearings." He also said telecommunications companies that provided access to their networks to the government should stop doing so.

The speech in Washington was organized by the Liberty Coalition, a civil liberties advocacy group, and the American Constitution Society for Law and Public Policy, a liberal legal group.

"It is this same disrespect for America's Constitution which has now brought our republic to the brink of a dangerous breach in the fabric of the Constitution," Mr. Gore said. "And the disrespect embodied in these apparent mass violations of the law is part of a larger pattern of seeming indifference to the Constitution that is deeply troubling to millions of Americans in both political parties."

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[baby_mouse]

3. NYT is not a newspaper.

It's something else...

Time for a naming, folks. A STICKING name. Let's play the Name Game!

NYT is a Pamphlet.
NYT is a prop sheet.
NYT is fluffy kindling...

It mustn't be RUDE, not directly. Just mildly demeaning. A gently nudging categorisation...

The *pukes* never go for the jugular, they just gently pull the rug out from underneath...

[Mabus]

5. How about "self-serving embarrassment"

or, instead of the "paper of record" how about the "paper with a recidivist record"

[baby_mouse]

9. True, certainly. But is it a STICKING name?

We must begin to *smear* these people...

We need then greasy and falling over of their own accord...

[Mabus]

15. The New York Mimes

From the wiki, with certain highlights added:

# A mime is the representation of action, character or mood using only gestures and movements rather than words, or the actor in such a performance, specifically a mimic, mime artist, or pantomimist.

# To mime is also the term given to a singer who performs to a pre-recorded song and only pretends to sing live. It is usually limited to performances by pop music artists. See also: lip sync.

# In ancient Greece and ancient Rome, a mime is a farcical drama characterized by mimicry and ludicrous representations of characters, or the script for such a performance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime

on edit: certain portions (which I highlighted) of the wiki disambugation page do remind me of their actions and reporting especially recently. I especially liked the part about pretending to sing (report). It makes me think of Judith Miller.

[baby_mouse]

17. :-) ROFL!

:rofl:

[Beam Me Up]

7. How 'bout "New York T' Tissue."

Everyone knows it isn't any good, even for that.

[Justsayin]

10. NYT is...

Modo's fashion weekly.

[Demoiselle]

6. Correction...

Al's speech was buried at the tail end of an article headlined "Two Groups Plan Suit...." in the Tuesday (17th) print edition. Buried like on page 14 or some such. Two paragraphs, very end. They also tucked him into a late afternoon article about the spying issue that only appeared online, (again, well-buried) and finally, an online titled something to the effect that the "White House lobs counterattack against Gore (not exact, but you get the idea.) I didn't see the online mention on Monday night, assuming that all the news that's fit to print will appear in the printed edition I planned to buy on Tuesday. HAH.

[rodeodance]

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[FloridaPat]

11. Any response from the Democrats? All the attention was on

Hillary.

[Octafish]

13. Odd that.

There's little on what the DEMs had to say in print.

Online, that's another matter.

Everyone with a brain's ga-ga for Gore Gore.

14. NY times seems to be paralyzed

by fear. When their own reporter, Rosenbaum, was murdered, it was the Washington Post where I was able to follow the story.

[Loonman]

16. NYT has been shit for a while, now

WaPo, too.

[lonestarnot]

18. Goooooooooooooo Fish! K& R

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

19. Same Shizzle with PBS Newshour ...

Over here I've got them on notice:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2377269

Compared to the NYT, the Newshour is a mouse so I think we can actually shove them around a little bit.

With the Judy Miller taint, I'm surprised the Times hasn't given up on news and just started serializing fiction for every article in the A section (they could still get all the news thats fit to print to fit in the Fiction section!)...