In fairness, it’s a piece about the piece, but it is kind of ridiculous. It’s also a lame line of attack.
If the Times is pulling this out of their arse, Fred should sue them for libel. Seriously.
Is it a lame line of attack?
I think this was written about Planned Parenthood — hardly the equivalent of Natural Family Planning.
It's a piece about the piece written by employees of the SAME company (the Tribune Company), pretending to be two unrelated "news" outlets [the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune].
There are undoubtedly pre-publication coordinating emails between the author of the original LA Times piece and the authors of this "followup" hitpiece...