-Caveat Lector- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:23:56 -0700 The New York Times has long since stopped masquerading as a real newspaper, and seems content to sashay as the ideology driven whore it is. Still, it is unsettling to see this strumpet - never beautiful in my view, but not without certain charms - strutting about, toothless, and little more than a public nuisance. Maybe it's time to lock her up for good. Brit Hume has more. The day after Ronald Reagan died, the Washington Post ran a front-page banner headline saying -- "Ronald Reagan Dies. Fortieth President Reshaped American Politics." Four stories on Reagan were below it. The Washington Times devoted its entire front page -- with three stories -- to Reagan. But to the New York Times, Reagan's death was only worth one three-column headline, saying Reagan -- "fostered cold-war might and curbs on government." Again today, the Washington Post ran a banner headline, this time above three stories, saying -- "A Nation and the World Pay Tribute to Reagan." The Washington Times had four stories, all under the headline -- "Reagan's state funeral set for Friday." But the New York Times, under only a single column, reports -- "Reagan Legacy Looming Large over [Presidential] Campaign."
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