Tuesday, June 17, 2003


NEW YORK TIMES FLACKS FOR CLINTON -- WHO KNEW?
A reader points out that Dick Morris is about to release a book, Off with Their Heads: Traitors, Crooks and Obstructionists in American Politics, Media and Business, in which he reveals that the NYT took a dive on Clinton scandal coverage -- from Newsmax:
When Morris told him that Clinton was unlikely to grant the interview because he was unhappy with the paper's scandal coverage, Lelyveld hinted at a deal.

"A worried frown clouded the editor's formerly sunny face," writes Morris, who quotes the Times decision-maker as saying next, "You know, we don't think that the public cares about what happened back in Arkansas."
Lelyveld is the acting editor in chief again after the recent decapitation by Jayson Blair. At the same time, CBS is lashing back at the New York Times for its coverage of CBS's attempts to woo Jessica Lynch:
Unlike the New York Times' own ethical problems, there is no question about the accuracy or integrity of CBS News' reporting.
More here. It's fun to watch the left's press organs beat themselves up.

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