The NY Times Isn't "Tuned In?" Surely You Jest.

Via Memeorandum:

The New York Times has decided that they may have tuned in a bit late to the ACORN story. Reading Hoyt's piece I couldn't help wondering if the Times had actually had a moment of clarity and self awareness or if they had been bombarded by angry readers and decided to engage in a little CYA.

The giggle line came in the form of this:

Despite what the critics think, Abramson said the problem was not liberal bias.

Noooooo, of course not. They just have "...a particular problem with conservatives...". But never fear, the Times has assigned an editor to monitor it's "tuned-in-ness" but the person will a) remain anonymous and b) can't be contacted. Huh?

I have after an intense study the anonymous editor will pronounce that the Times is doing a bang up job.

Business as usual.


In addition to a great post by Michelle Malkin, A welcome message for the NYT’s new “opinion media monitor” reaction can be found at:

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Today's Ugly Lapdog Award Goes To...

NY TIMES + Ginned Up Poll Data =

The President's healthcare plan has been treading water of late so Obama's faithful lapdog, The New York Times, leapt into action! The result was a poll that showed that 72% of Americans love the President's health and can't wait to pay for. Pretty impressive. Except...

The Times basically faked the poll. They chose respondents who by an aoverwhelming majority voted for Obama. In fact, they chose Obama supporters almost two to one.

As they said over at Maggie's Farm, “The New York Times, otherwise known as the Grey Lady, might more appropriately be known as Obama’s Shady Lady. Believe its poll and get a Times Square disease."

Here are the numbers as reported by NewsBusters:

[A]ccording to the actual poll data, of the 73% of respondents who said they voted in 2008 only 34% voted for McCain and 66% for Obama.

As can be plainly seen on page 7 of the poll's data, only 73 percent of respondents divulged who they voted for last November. 48 percent said Obama, 25 percent McCain.

What this means is this poll surveyed 66 percent Obama supporters versus 34 percent McCain.

It's a shame really. The Times makes one scroungy lapdog.