not so very long ago:
NYT Editor Rejects ‘Atmosphere of Scandal,Public Wants to Give Obama Credit for Improving Economy’
News Busters ^ | June 02, 2013 | Brent Baker
Posted on 6/5/2013 6:55:07 AM by IbJensen
See no scandal, report no scandal. Jill Abramson, Executive Editor of the New York Times, came down to DC on Sunday to defend President Obama on the scandals and the economy, stressing the leaks cases is the only supposed scandal she cares about as she contended “I’m just not sure” the leaks cases, IRS and Benghazi “come together and create, you know — quote, unquote — ‘an atmosphere of scandal.’”
An atmosphere the New York Times is working to prevent.
Asked by Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer about how “nobody seems to know anything” in the administration, so the scandals may go beyond just the leaks prosecutions involving journalists, Abramson hit back: “I’m not sure how much any of these particular issues has absorbed the American public who I think are hoping against hope that the economy is at last showing some strength and maybe giving the President some credit for the fact that there are some hopeful signs.”
Schieffer responded: “You wouldn’t say that you think it’s not something we ought to be concerned about?”
Abramson skipped IRS and Benghazi as she affirmed how “clearly I’m very concerned about the leak cases,” explaining that’s “why I came here to talk to you this morning,” but insisted: “I’m just not sure, you know, they come together and create, you know — quote, unquote — ‘an atmosphere of scandal.’”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3027546/posts
Despicable is too kind here.