Power Line today posted an article linking to a Clark Hoyt, Public Editor of the New York Times, column that ran today regarding the fact that the New York Times missed the events surrounding the group ACORN in the past two weeks. In the column Mr. Hoyt cites some of the emails he received on the subject.
One email states:
"I often don't hear about the latest conflict until I read a Facebook rant from an old high school friend or talk on the phone with my mother (both in conservative Orange County, Calif.). It's embarrassing not to be able to respond with facts when I hadn't even heard about the issue." Michele Cusack of Novato, Calif., said that when someone asked if she had heard the latest about Acorn, "I had to answer 'no' because I get all my
news from The New York Times."
That is one of the many reasons I started this blog. If you depend on the New York Times to tell you the whole story, you will probably not get the facts you need to be an informed citizen. Considering the history of the New York Times and its longtime role as 'the newspaper of record,' that is a shame.
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