Posted by
Bill Crawford on Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:14:03 AM
The response to which is to create an Editor/ Ombudsman position to keep track of things that may be passing under the radar there.
Oh, and get this, folks: one of the stated duties of the office there is to keep a constant monitor on the Fox News channel! Do they realize that such a thing is a tacit admission of their incompetence as a news gatherer?
Earth to Grey Lady on 43rd Street: what demographic do you think is out there that will buy into this spin?
Here's my take from the street. You knew the story was out there. I know many Democrats in my State who knew full well what was going on, and the damage it was doing to the ACORN organization. The more partisan among them regarded it as some sort of illegitimate entrapment situation, but they knew what was going on, as it was happening.
This leads me to the conclusion that it was the Times editorial policy that was dictating the news that "fit" for the day, which clearly is in line with the decline of what used to be a great newspaper.