Blame Game
Juan Cole on the influence of Fox News' coverage on the NY Times especially in regard to Judith Miller.
I don't buy it. The supposedly pompous liberal elites at the NY Times, the newspaper of record, were somehow "brainwashed by Rupert Murdoch" into veering to the right? I think that its more a case of a veteran reporter given way to much leeway to produce sensational articles to bring the paper merit. And consequently, if it was the case that maybe the Times align itself more with American conservatives by seemingly siding with Bush and silencing some of its conservative critics I do not think that they would complain.
I don't buy it. The supposedly pompous liberal elites at the NY Times, the newspaper of record, were somehow "brainwashed by Rupert Murdoch" into veering to the right? I think that its more a case of a veteran reporter given way to much leeway to produce sensational articles to bring the paper merit. And consequently, if it was the case that maybe the Times align itself more with American conservatives by seemingly siding with Bush and silencing some of its conservative critics I do not think that they would complain.
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