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Outgoing New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane writes Saturday that progressivism “virtually bleeds through the fabric” of the paper:
When The Times covers a national presidential campaign, I have found that the lead editors and reporters are disciplined about enforcing fairness and balance, and usually succeed in doing so. Across the paper’s many departments, though, so many share a kind of political and cultural progressivism — for lack of a better term — that this worldview virtually bleeds through the fabric of The Times.
As a result, developments like the Occupy movement and gay marriage seem almost to erupt in The Times, overloved and undermanaged, more like causes than news subjects.
NYT’s editor Jill Abramson disputes these claims, saying that the new York Times simply reflects “its urban and cosmopolitan base.”
Really? The NY Post publishes in the very same urban and cosmopolitan area and it outsells you in the boroughs.
Tim
August 26th, 2012
NYTimes has been a propaganda arm of International Socialism since, at least, the 1930s.
Who they tryin to bullshit?
Tim
August 26th, 2012
And why use the euphemism ‘progressivism’ for ‘socialism’?
They can’t even tell themselves the truth?
jwm
August 26th, 2012
the new York Times simply reflects “its urban and cosmopolitan base.”
Translation:
We tell them exactly what they want to hear, and how we want them to hear it.
JWM
Toaster
August 26th, 2012
The name “progressivism” is just an application of Stuart Chase’s idea of “Political System X” which is a Statist Socialist/communist philosophy of governing. He realized that it would be necessary to change the name periodically when people became frustrated with them.
The name doesn’t matter, the underlying philosophy does.
The best name I’ve heard for the NYT was “that Goddamn Communist rag”, harsh but true.
Maudie N Mandeville
August 26th, 2012
I’ll bet ‘urbanite’ Colt 45ers had no idea they were so highly thought of by the ‘cosmopolitan’ vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, lime juicers.
CrustyB
August 26th, 2012
‘(T)he New York Times simply reflects “its urban and cosmopolitan base.”’
Isn’t it supposed to reflect what’s going on in the world?
Senator Blutarsky
August 26th, 2012
I guess the “political and cultural progressivism” cited by Arthur Brisbane only frowns upon selected bigotries.
Let’s rewrite the money quote for race rather than gender:
“White people live longer, are healthier and are far less likely to commit a violent offense. If blacks were cars, who would buy the model that doesn’t last as long, is given to lethal incidents and ends up impounded more often?”
Who thinks such a formulation would enjoy scarce op-ed space in the Times?
http://senatorjohnblutarsky.blogspot.com/2012/08/bigotry-at-new-york-times.html
Millertime
August 26th, 2012
Thank you, I was looking for the perfect photo to accompany the line – smug, self absorbed bitch.
Jarhead Cracka
August 26th, 2012
The Left loves to assign “code words” of racism, etc., to conservatives. So let me give this a try: When Abramson says the Times reflects its ” urban and cosmopolitan base”, those are “code words” meaning all of us who live outside the East Coast corridor of the NYTimes are ignorant rubes.
Graceia
August 26th, 2012
Amazing how some sort version of actual truth needs to be held back until the messenger is already on his way out the door.
Very telling.
What did he have to fear two months ago or two years ago? I can’t believe he has only just now stumbled upon the realization that the New York Times has “this worldview virtually bleeds through the fabric of The Times.”
bitterclinger
August 26th, 2012
Maybe this is a case of: The truth will set you free.
Tony R
August 26th, 2012
Is it just me, or Does that Jill Abramson bitch look exactly like the grinch? Someone please post a side-by-side!
Metprof
August 26th, 2012
“He’s a mean one,..Mr. Grinch….”
mkultra
August 26th, 2012
If there’s any justice in the world those two smug limousine socialists would spend a few years in a North Korean re-education camp.