Seriously, I can't go as far as using the word "despicable." They represent the views of as many as 48% of the voters, and I'm not going to be too harsh on that many of my fellow Americans.
But yeah, I do think they choose their stories in order to push public opinion in one direction -- and it's not in a pro-liberty, pro-democracy, pro-American direction.
or the views of their publisher.
"Pinch was a political activist in the Sixties, and was twice arrested in anti-Vietnam protests. One day, the elder Sulzberger asked his son what Pinch calls, "the dumbest question I've ever heard in my life." If an American soldier runs into a North Vietnamese soldier, which would you like to see get shot? Young Arthur answered, "I would want to see the American get shot. It's the other guy's country.""