MORE SLOPPY AND UNSUBSTANTIATED CHARGES THIS POLITICAL SEASON: They're from the New York Times, which writes:
In fairness to Mr. Kerry, his aides were faced with a strategic dilemma that has become distressingly familiar to campaigns in this era when so much unsubstantiated or even false information can reach the public through so many different forums, be it blogs or talk-show radio. As is usual with such big-media comments about unsubstantiated information on blogs, no examples are given. (Specific examples with hyperlinks are for those evil blogs, not Big Media!) As reader Richard Kleiner emails:
A couple of thoughts here:
Could you imagine the NY Times sneering at the blogosphere's coverage of the Trent Lott affair as "unsubstantiated and even false?" As I recall, blogs were hailed as heroic for pointing out something out that was public record, but which the Big Media studiously ignored.
Apparently, reading old copies of the Congressional Record when the New York Times can't or won't now constitutes pedding "unsubstantiated and even false" information.
Indeed.
Thanks!
This election could be the beginning of the end of the NY Slimes as a political heavyweight in America. One can hope that they become as irrelevant as their poster boy, Kerry is becoming.
The liberal media and demonRATS are a source of constant amazement to me - now they are protesting the 'unfair' tactics of using Kerry's actual testimony against him, and pointing out his voting record in the Senate, and also pointing out his 'lack of attendance' records.
Imagine - such UNFAIR tactics of using his own testimony and records to counter the image they are trying to portray..