New York Times hilarity

Rotten Times

Isn't this New York Times weekend feature on Administration official's vacation homes just precious?  Maybe next weekend they'll do features on Bill Keller and Pinch Sulzberger's palatial digs, complete with maps. The Times has now firmly entered Dan Rather territory with its own watch dog web site [Times Watch] specializing in exposing every lie, distortion, and abuse of power. And like  Rather's phony Bush-Air Guard story that led to his demise, the Times has pulled their own inexcusable boner in the public's mind with it's latest al-Qaeda booster story.  That's not to say they don't have a legion of apologists, they do.  Here are two beauties that demonstrate the ridiculous lengths the paper will go to to mitigate its treason, and a sycophant's equally ridiculous spin. Both come from Best of the Web.  Here's executive editor Bill Keller blaming right-wing bloggers and pundits for "drawing so much attention to the story." ''Some of the incoming mail quotes the angry words of conservative bloggers and TV or radio pundits who say that drawing attention to the government's anti-terror measures is unpatriotic and dangerous. '' Jon Carroll, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has a better idea about why the Times is being lambasted by conservatives. ''The name of the New York Times contains the word "New York." Many members of the president's base consider 'New York' to be a nifty code word for 'Jewish.' It is very nice for the president to be able to campaign against the Jews without (a) actually saying the word 'Jew' and (b) without irritating the Israelis. A number of prominent Zionist groups think the New York Times is insufficiently anti-Palestinian, so they think the New York Times isn't Jewish enough.'' The Times has been at war with America for a long time; now everybody knows it. Without the paper's umbrella, the left media are utterly at sea.  Hey, we're winning.