Total Dysfunction at the New York Times

Real Clear Politics ^ | 7/13/2006 | Jed Babbin

[Obadiah]

The New York Times's publication of two classified anti-terrorist programs and the Times's nose-in-the-air defense of its actions have inflamed conservative anti-media passions to a temperature not reached since Watergate. Michael Barone - who was fair and balanced before Fox News was born - put it in perspective. Barone compared NYT executive editor Bill Keller's explanation of the Times's decisions to, on one hand, not republishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammed with those to, on the other hand, publish both the NSA terrorist surveillance program and the Treasury Department's tracking terrorist money through the Belgian "SWIFT" consortium. Barone wrote, "Disclosing classified programs that help protect us against terrorism is just dandy. But publishing cartoons that would be 'perceived as a particularly deliberate insult' by Muslims is beyond the pale. Coddling tender sensitivities is more important [to the New York Times] than protecting national security."

[Grampa Dave]

fyi

[demkicker]

Thanks for reminding everyone. Wouldn't it be great to help the old grey lady go bankrupt?

[Grampa Dave]

I'm to old to be a warrior in the WOT, however, we Freepers can battle the terrorist/seditious NY Slimes and other left wing MSM daily on Free Republic.

The timing is perfect for us as their markets and cash cows dry up on them and their power begins to fade and ebb each day.

[george76]

Good list.

Do you have a link ?

[Grampa Dave]

I don't have the html skills to link the results of these searches.

Take my how to re the NYT and mutual funds and replace NYT with the 3 letter symbol of the other fishwraps like TRB.

Then you can see the vast ownership of the various fishwraps by the mutual fund industry.

[george76]

Thanks. I found this useful.

No NYT but WPO.

http://www.oakmark.com/opencommentary.asp?commentary_id=407&news_from=o&fund_id=24

[Grampa Dave]

WPO, CBS, Timewarner and Whoreacle are also owned by this fund.

We sold all of our Oakmark funds in 2003/4 because they no longer were the leaders in returns in their class.

Thanks, it is amazing when we look at fund ownership and how liberal ownership seems to be very favored in some funds.

[SueRae]

Not all the stock market news was bad today... ;-)

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=nyt

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks.

NYT unless the left wing mutual fund companies are buying it to prop up the stock value doesn't have many good days.