NYT Publishes Misleading Article About 'Pragmatic Views' of 'Law Professor' Obama

NewsBusters ^ | May 3, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

If you had read a newspaper article about Colonel Harlan Sanders which left the impression that he really held that rank in the military without mentioning that it was strictly an honorary title from the state of Kentucky, wouldn't you consider the story to be misleading? Well, that is pretty much what Jodi Kantor did in her New York Times story about "law professor" Barack Obama starting with the title, "As a Professor, Obama Held Pragmatic Views on the Court." Echoing the title is the first paragraph of her article which reinforces the "law professor" misconception:

Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama’s knowledge of the Supreme Court. Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court’s decisions. Later, as a law professor, he led students through landmark cases from Plessy v. Ferguson to Bush v. Gore.

[Red_Devil 232]

And also there was Biden predicting Obambi would be tested by a crisis at the beginning of his residency and we might like how he handles it. Has everything that has been happening trial balloons hoping that at least one would grow into the crisis they need ... So that Obambi can handle it?

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I see it more as crises of convenience. The financial crisis led to control of the banks and GM and Chrysler. Global warming leads to control of all industry. The flu “pandemic” can lead to travel restrictions and can be another step toward national healthcare.

All crises match and agenda item.