Even after all these years it’s a bit unsettling, although not surprising, to watch some of these Times columnists cheerleading for the Soviets. There seems to be a tendency for some of these writers to blindly accept Moscow’s press releases which at times are so far off the mark as to be almost ludicrous. While I probably can’t blame them since news is rather scarce about the eastern front, I’ve found that the German communiques were far more truthful.
Wm F. Buckley, Jr wrote a great piece shortly after..entitled Castro/Matthews: "I got my job through the NY Times"..a riff on the Times' then long-running classified ad campaign slogan..