NYT At It Again …
The Times had a terrible article on what Dems are thinking of doing as they’re losing the media war, but the article is full of ridiculous assumptions and bias. Thus, the following letter I wrote the New York Rag:
It’s a shame that journalism students, a few of whom are still taught to look at the Times as the pinnacle of American journalism, now must come to the realization that the Gray Lady is facing its reputation’s Black Death. Jim Rutenberg’s article “Outflanked Democrats Wonder How to Catch Up In Media War” was both biased and intellectually dishonest. While Rutenberg lists a few prominent conservative talk show hosts, groups such as the Heritage Foundation and Fox News as conservative media assets, the story neglects to consider the very prominent view that Democrats often find cozy allies in the forms of the Times’ and the Washington Post’s editorial pages and those heading network news departments. Such an omission in discussion is damning to such a story, and the result is not a news story but a mildly interesting propaganda piece. The article itself also generally buys the Democrat premise that their ideas are still in touch with American voters while it is only the means of communication that is the problem. After Rutenberg’s story follows the Democratic premise for most of the story, a weak attempt at the end to offer an alternative view is made by quoting Sean Hannity and Bob Novak. But the author did not mention voter opinion polls (a favorite tool of newspapers when the news is good for their ideological slant) that indicate the Democratic party is temporarily out of step with the majority of Americans. The Times failed its journalistic mission by printing this article, though there are many journalism students now wondering if Mr. Raines’ reign as Activist Editor will be cause for many more such failures in the future.
Sincerely,
Bret A Jacobson
Eugene, OR
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