Billionaire’s Paper Hopes Well-Off Will Identify With Wealthy
The last thing that the wealthy want is for the rest of the populace to unite against them politically. Luckily for them, the New York Times seems determined not to let that happen.
Centrist Anxiety at the New York Times
Edsall finds it alarming that people are objecting to the platforms of political parties, and using identification with a party’s agenda as a gauge of character.
Obama Stoops to Convincing Voters Not to Support the Other Guy
Thomas Byrne Edsall on the New York Times‘ Campaign Stops blog (7/23/12) accuses Barack Obama of “the politics of anything goes.” His evidence: The Obama campaign is running ads attempting to persuade voters not to vote for Mitt Romney. The logic here is sort of hard to follow. First Edsall quotes Obama telling “those who […]
CJR’s Bogus ‘Liberal Media’ Evidence
Tom Edsall argues on the Columbia Journalism Review website (10/8/09) that the mainstream media should just own up to the fact that they’re liberal. This comes as a response to the notion that the elite press missed out on the ACORN and Van Jones stories–a dubious premise. But Edsall doesn’t make much of a case. […]
