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The Suspense and Waiting is Over at Last: New York Times Endorses Kerry
American Digest ^ | October 16.2004 | Vanderleun

Posted on 10/16/2004 9:46:35 PM PDT by vanderleun

One of the most suspenseful moments in modern journalism came to an end today, when The New York Times, after months of coy beating around the bush, came out for Senator Kerry.

Although the final selection process was described by an unnamed insider as "A very close run thing," in the end it was John Kerry's unflinching celebration of the lesbian lifestyle of prominent Republican families that put him over the top.

"Maureen," said our source " was just not going to be denied and neither was Frank Rich. Once Kerry said "Lesbian Daughter," they both got so wet we had to mop the corridors between their offices twice.

"We knocked around the idea of supporting Bush quite a bit in the newsroom and up on the executive floor, but when Pinch came out of the Publishers' Suite and announced he was wearing pantyhose under his suit in honor of 'lesbian daughters everywhere,' we knew we had to go for it."

In editorials smeared all over the Saturday and Sunday editions, the Times shocked its conservative of readers on the Upper West Side, the West Village and the Meatpacking district by playing the moral high card.

Kerry "has qualities that could be the basis for a great chief executive, not just a modest improvement on the incumbent," the newspaper said. "He strikes us, above all, as a man with a strong moral core."

After "examining what the candidates have done in the past, their apparent priorities and their general character," the Times said "we enthusiastically endorse John Kerry for president." -- Kerry Collects Major Endorsement

Reaction from the White House was swift, surprised and disappointed.

"We'd been preparing a statement all weekend for Monday release that we really thought could turn the tide at the Times," said an unnamed senior aid to the President who spoke on deep background (and whose initials are K.R.) "We saw how the celebration of lesbian children was swaying the Times and we were going to fire back with our own heartfelf admiration for of Teresa Heinz Kerry's classic collection of cast-iron sex aids. But we just couldn't jam them in the right news cycles fast enough to satisfy the Times. Next time, we'll use Kinkos."

Asked if the Times endorsement was costly, the source replied candidly, "Why yes. We were really counting on the Times to deliver their numberless hoard of readers who have been enslaved to the paper so long that they do the Sunday Crossword in ink."

Early analysis by John Stewart (fresh from his on-air disembowelment of the entire CNN Pundit Team and feeling frisky) indicated that the Times endorsement had moved "...more than two and less than five undecided Times readers into the Kerry column. This is obviously a stunning and unexpected blow to the President. The only way he can possibly recover is by coming on my show every night between now and November 2. I remind you that The Daily Show really is the only place left on TV where a man can demonstrate integrity, integrity, integrity. On the other hand, since the lead-in to my show has a cast of a bunch of puppets, the editorial board of the Times would fit right in as well."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: editorials; endorsements; kerry; liberalprostitution; nyt; oldgreyladyreeks
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To: freebilly
Holy cow!

Next think you know CBS will switch sides and endorse Kerry too!

21 posted on 10/16/2004 10:18:26 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: okie01

They are full of excuses...here's one:

"Max Suich, former editorial director for Fairfax, wrote about this in 'The Age'. He noted how these days it's much harder for journalists to get any useful party sources other than the official ones. Maybe they don't exist - party membership has shrunk and the party operations are increasingly run by professionals connnected to the leader's office. He thinks political reporting is becoming like sports reporting, all about scores and who won today's match.
This might be the new divide between the media and the public. Where the details are increasingly manipulated and controlled, the public will just turn off from the detail and reflect on the big picture."

IMO that's just what they did...didn't listen to the ideologically driven journalistic garbage and made up their own minds as to what was important...and came up with SECURITY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM.


22 posted on 10/16/2004 10:26:36 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Understand Evil: Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf. See FRED NERKS for link)
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To: vanderleun

This is hilarious. Has the NYT EVER endorsed a Republican?


23 posted on 10/16/2004 10:30:30 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (W'04)
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To: vanderleun

Ooooo! News flash--NY Times endorses Kerry! And while you're at it, Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen Degeneres are gay.


24 posted on 10/16/2004 10:30:56 PM PDT by Scothia (If you pray for rain, prepare to deal with some mud.)
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To: Fred Nerks
"Where the details are increasingly manipulated and controlled, the public will just turn off from the detail and reflect on the big picture."

Truly, this would have broken any journalist's heart.

Because, right now, there's a whole lotta reflectin' goin' on out thayuh...

25 posted on 10/16/2004 11:07:21 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: ARROGANCE & IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: vanderleun
Dog bites man.
26 posted on 10/16/2004 11:10:30 PM PDT by MrNatural (..".You want the truth?!"...)
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To: vanderleun
"New York Times Endorses Kerry"

Karl Marx wasn't available?

27 posted on 10/16/2004 11:10:31 PM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: okie01
"How could the voters have been so WRONG?"

Just before Peter explains that we had a "tantrum."

28 posted on 10/16/2004 11:19:45 PM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: Positive

I believe they endorsed Coolidge in 1924.


29 posted on 10/16/2004 11:20:50 PM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: Liberty Valance

post 29


30 posted on 10/16/2004 11:23:19 PM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: Bonaparte
I believe they endorsed Coolidge in 1924.

I had no idea Rita was that old, but I thought she was a Dem, like 99% of the people in the entertainment biz....

31 posted on 10/16/2004 11:34:36 PM PDT by freebilly (Freebilly O'Reilly-- No Spin But Good Vibrations....)
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To: vanderleun

New York Times = Wart on Edwards lip


32 posted on 10/16/2004 11:37:55 PM PDT by openotherend
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To: okie01

After November 2nd, I hope the US is littered with the broken hearts of journalists and all your MSM 'newspapers' become kitty-litter!


33 posted on 10/16/2004 11:53:42 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Understand Evil: Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf. See FRED NERKS for link)
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To: vanderleun

Gasp!!! I'm in shock!


34 posted on 10/16/2004 11:59:50 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Fred Nerks
Your MSM will be in the same sad situation as ours are in Australia. Banging their heads against the wall and wailing; how could we have been so WRONG?

Dude, my fellow FReeper, I love ya but thats naive. They will bang the viewers and readers heads against the wall and ask why the voters are so stupid. Like when Peter Jennings said after the 1994 election that the voters threw a "temper tantrum" by putting the GOP into the Congressional majority.

35 posted on 10/17/2004 12:01:17 AM PDT by GeronL (John Kerry believes in a right to privacy and in gay rights............ ask "fair game" Mary Cheney)
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To: vanderleun

I am so surprised! I just knew they would endorse Buchanan too! Oh, he isn't running this time is he. Well, that explains it then.


36 posted on 10/17/2004 12:07:16 AM PDT by ladyinred (The simple lie always conquers the more complex truth. (propaganda))
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To: watchin

i agree.....she's mildly irritating to say the least


37 posted on 10/17/2004 12:39:45 AM PDT by kingattax
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To: GeronL
"...and ask why the voters are so stupid."

I guess that's one small difference between us; no matter how the MSM twists the truth to suit its left-wing bias, the average aussie knows when he/she is being lied to. We have very few talking heads with celebrity status or influence. Aussies don't worship opinion-makers, even our radio talk-show hosts have limited persuasive powers...I guess we are an irreverent bunch. Your Peter Jennings wouldn't last five minutes. (And his pay-packet would have nothing in it.) I don't know how it happened, but your media people seem to have taken on the aura of little gods. Somehow, you will have to find a way to pull the rug out from under them. Why has entertainment become confused with information?
38 posted on 10/17/2004 12:42:14 AM PDT by Fred Nerks (Understand Evil: Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf. See FRED NERKS for link)
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To: bray
Do they know when the Old York Times actually wrote the article?? Was it before or after the DNC Convention???

They probably could have written the bulk of it before the primaries, just leaving blanks for the name and a few indiviudal details for verisimilitude.

39 posted on 10/17/2004 12:49:07 AM PDT by maryz
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To: Fred Nerks
Why has entertainment become confused with information?

I have no idea.

Believe me if I knew of a way to pull the rug from under the establishment media I would.

40 posted on 10/17/2004 12:49:16 AM PDT by GeronL (John Kerry believes in a right to privacy and in gay rights............ ask "fair game" Mary Cheney)
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