The NYT and the Post make deliberate mistakes to raise the ire of Democrats against the Bush Admin.
"The NYT and the Post make deliberate mistakes to raise the ire of Democrats against the Bush Admin."
The answer is both more simple and more sinister.
The corporate culture of the large fishwraps is one of lying to create bad news for their enemies. Since 2000, their number one enemy to lie about has been GW and his cabinet members.
They deliberately lie, spin, use fake polls and quote without real sources to create the fiction, they try to pass as news to harm GW and his cabinet members.
They have gotten by with this for decades. Now they are caught before the ink really dries up on the fishwraps by conservatives on the internet.
That same corporate culture of lying has led to lies about their circulation numbers in order to get paid more ad inch. They are the Enrons of the Fish Wrap industry.
The drive-by media even lie to themselves. Our local rag has an article in the Sunday "Ideas" section (not accessible on line yet) titled:
NEWS WHITEOUT
by Nick Madigan
The Bush administration has frustrated reporters by ignoring their questions and sticking to its message. That strategy might no longer be working.
This graf is written under a picture of the President in front of the White House logo in the briefing room. Superimposed on his photo is the depiction of nine stacked (3x3) TV screens, giving the impression of standing behind a window or barrier of some sort.
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Can anyone tell me why they maintain that he does not speak to reporters? Is it because they only have a few questions --
1) When will you admit your mistakes?
2) When will you admit you stole the election?
3) When will you abandon the White House and give us the final Dick Nixon wave as you leave?