The Sacking of Bill Kristol

The Daily Beast ^ | Scott Horton

[Mojave]

The New York Times’ decision not to renew Bill Kristol’s opinion column was because of the conservative writer’s sloppiness and uneven quality

Translation: He wasn't PC 24/7.

[DBCJR]

A lone voice in the wilderness is quieted.

[KarlInOhio]

The New York Times’ decision not to renew Bill Kristol’s opinion column was because of the conservative writer’s sloppiness and uneven quality, according to a reliable source with first-hand knowledge of the decision

Also he wanted to be paid in US dollars rather than in stacks of unsold copies of the Times.

[maggief]

I’m no fan of Kristol’s but there does seem to be a full court press to silence conservatives(/RINO’s).

[bert]

The main reason is that the Old Gray Whore is broke and doesn’t want a conservative voice taking funds that could be paid to a moonbat she can’t afford to pay

[Canedawg]

He should consider himself lucky that he got off the boat before the ship sank.

[keepitreal]

You may think he is a RINO, but he was a huge supporter of Palin.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

A give-away came in the form of four corrections the newspaper was forced to run over factual mistakes in the columns, creating an impression that they were rushed out without due diligence or attention to factual claims.

The NYT is suddenly worried about factual mistakes? I thought they didn't publish an article unless it had at least one serious factual error in it.

[Badeye]

‘A senior writer at Time magazine recounted to me a similar experience with Kristol following his stint in 2006-07. “His conservative ideas were cutting edge and influential,” I was told. “But his sloppy writing and failure to fact check what he wrote made us queasy.” ‘

Somewhere, in a crack smoke filled room, Jason Blair is laughing hysterically.....and Maureen Dowd is getting impatient waiting for him to hand her the pipe....

[oldbrowser]

This conduct blurred the distinctions between being an actor on and observer of the political stage, raising some concern among the guardians of The Times’ credibility.

*cough* *cough*, The Times Credibility??????

[17th Miss Regt]

"But his sloppy writing and failure to fact check what he wrote made us queasy."

Bull***t. Jayson Blair.

[beandog]

This would mean they’d have to fire all of them. All of their work is sloppy and unappealing.

[muawiyah]

His affiliation with the New York Times was beginning to lead me to believe he was a very sick man.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Since when have liberals given a tinker’s damn about getting the facts straight?

[Conservative2010]

I agree. The NYT is a liberal rag that should disintegrate into the dustbin of history. Memo to dinasaur media: Its the new media stupid!

[nuconvert]

““But his sloppy writing and failure to fact check what he wrote made us queasy.” “

LoL. Very funny coming from the Times

[utahagen]

“...writer’s sloppiness and uneven quality...” Perfect description of Maureen Dowd’s writing. Will the Times dump Dowd, too? Nah...

[kevinm13]

Another sign the dinosaur media is breathing its last breaths.

Bill Kristol is a center to center/right commentator, not far right. The NY Slimes doesn’t know how to do anything but shoot itself in the foot. Kristol provided a modest level of balance to the far-left kook jobs who produce the bulk of the reporting there. He may have been inaccurate but that never stopped their lies and poor reporting of the events during the Bush Presidency.