The New York Times (article | PDF), Washington Post (article | PDF), Politico (article | PDF), and any number of major network news outlets did a remarkable thing last week. Almost simultaneously. They reported – without the usual smirks, giggles, eye-rolls or leaving of last words to debunkers – the Pentagon’s admission that it spent $22 million during […]
Me: It sounds like you’re voting for Sanders, then, am I right? Pragmatist: No, no. God, no. Me: Wow, so I totally misunderstood what you were saying just now, because it really did sound like … Pragmatist: Oh, you heard right. I agree with 99% of what he’s saying. I just don’t think he’s electable. The Nader […]
“You’re not buying news when you buy The New York Times. You’re buying judgment.” Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (1926-2012) Publisher, The New York Times On September 9, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan published this surprisingly frank assessment of her newspaper’s coverage of the Bernie Sanders campaign: “For The Times, Bernie Sanders’s entry into the presidential race was […]
