New York Times under fire over stance on Iraq

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 08/24/2002 | Stephen Robinson

[cynicom]

Influential with whom????

Only in the liberal establishment. The American people could care less of the machinations of the NYT.

[Vinomori]

The American people could care less of the machinations of the NYT.

This is not really true. The truth is, the American people could NOT care less.

[cynicom]

True....

[Billthedrill]

But the charge is now more serious that the paper’s news columns have been turned into propaganda instruments of the anti-war party.

Not the anti-war party, the anti-Bush party. And not recently.

[Prodigal Son]

The Telegraph is a nice newspaper.

[jwalsh07]

The Bush administration loathes the paper, as was obvious during the 2000 campaign when Mr Bush was caught on microphone referring to a well-known New York Times reporter as “a major league [clymer]”, a slip which seemingly did him no harm with the public.

Bush calls them as he sees them and when he looks at Adam Clymer, he sees an asshole.

[PhilDragoo]

the paper’s news columns have been turned into propaganda instruments of the anti-war party.

Should read:

The paper's a propaganda instrument of the anti-freedom party.

most big city newspapers reflect a faint liberal bias

Should read:

All Is Skewed To Fit Our Bent.

a slip which seemingly did him no harm with the public.

Should read:

What is the sound of fifty million viewers shouting, "YESSS!!!"?

Receiving the hard copy New York Times for free solves the problem of wet garbage--

--the paper is a great sponge of wet garbage--

--if not The Garbage Liner Of Record.

Stephen Robinson of the Telegraph is perhaps the most understated writer of the new millenium. Actually a blissful counterstroke to the Times and its

Earth To Be Struck By Giant Asteroid--Bush Environmental Policy Blamed

[M. Thatcher]

Good piece, though I've yet to hear Charles Krauthammer "thunder."

[Lancey Howard]

...on the New York Times, charging that America’s most influential newspaper....

Whoa, stop right there.
Influential? Maybe back in the '50s and '60s, but today? The Gray Old Whore of today is little more than a fanatical arm of the Democrat National Committee, forever engaged in the self-delusion that people outside of Manhatten care what they write. That phony baloney liberal fish-wrapper may still be able to fool the snotty West Side liberal elite with their pretentiously understated headlines, unnecessary use of fancy-sounding 4+ syllable words, and refusal to run a funnies page, but the rest of America sees through the charade like a piece of soaking-wet toilet paper.

Guess the word is slow to spread to Europe. "Influential"....Hahahahahaaaaa.....!

[aculeus]

It is good that the Mother Country notices these things.

[dighton]

Influential with whom???? Only in the liberal establishment.

Unfortunately, other American papers and news shows tend to follow the NYT's lead.

[j271]

Agreed. However, the New York Times still retains a disproportionately high influence over Congress and the government in general.

[dighton]

Yes, that too.

[EverOnward]

Re your Post 10 -- You should be writing for newspapers. Love our writing style.

[Lancey Howard]

Thank you.

[Jorge]

Mr Bush was caught on microphone referring to a well-known New York Times reporter as “a major league [clymer]”, a slip which seemingly did him no harm with the public.

Seemingly did him no harm with the public?
Being sick of the liberal press, it might have actaully endeared him to the public.

[IronJack]

The Times has been a bordello of bongo-playing beatniks since at least Viet Nam. Remember that they were the ones to publish the "Pentagon Papers?" Their opinion on any American war is about as valuable as Bill Clinton's opinion on chastity.

[river rat]

"Earth To Be Struck By Giant Asteroid--Bush Environmental Policy Blamed.

Phil, you forgot to add the NYT's obligatory sentence:

"Earth To Be Struck By Giant Asteroid--Bush Environmental Policy Blamed -- Minorities, Woman and the Poor to suffer most."
Semper Fi

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The Bush administration loathes the paper, as was obvious during the 2000 campaign when Mr Bush was caught on microphone referring to a well-known New York Times reporter as “a major league [clymer]”, a slip which seemingly did him no harm with the public.

Heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee...