I haven't read a New York Slimes editorial in decades, so the shrill, abrasive tone of this one kind of surprised me to some extent. Obviously, I knew they would be partisan pro-'Rat, but this is the kind of no holds barred rhetoric that you would not even expect to hear from Jay Carney. They are going to way more of a rhetorical extreme in excoriating the House Select Committee - even before it's established - than they ever would do in years past with any House or Senate committee, even HUAC or Sen. Joseph McCarthy's committee, for example. It's the tone that's so completely changed, from scholarly to off-the-wall, from an era when they were considered by most the number one daily newspaper in the country to today, when they are not much better than cover wrapping for the bottom of your bird cage.
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They are indeed getting nasty.
Like a cornered rat, I suppose!
The people at the New York Times see the world from a position of attitude, swagger, and false superiority.
Their paper is dying, the public doesn't trust or respect them, and their jobs are on the chopping block...
This kind of op-ed is the end-result.
Yes. It certainly is loud and shrill.
I had a couple of teachers at the prep school I went to who taught me to analyze newspapers and magazines for hidden bias, and I also wrote for our school newspaper. So I was able to detect the bias in the NY Times and other sources even back in the 1950s.
It has gotten steadily worse over the years. Now, it seems that they don’t even bother to try to hide their bias.
Still, that is an amazingly shrill editorial for what was once a dignified newspaper. Even at first glance, the most oblivious reader can tell that someone has gotten their goat. Not that that matters any more to the few readers the Times has left.
They know they are a dying breed.