[lbo-talk] Bush's bulge: did NYT spike the story?

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Mon Feb 7 15:17:48 PST 2005


Michael Pollak wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Doug Henwood cited a long FAIR article to the effect
> that
>
>><http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2012>
>>
>>The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the
>>election-because it could have changed the election
>
> Assuming this story is true -- and it certainly looks true, -- it kind of
> sums up the difference between Democratic-leaning media and
> Republican-leaning media, and explains why the former are getting their ass
> kicked. Beyond dirty tricks, beyond lying, beyond the echo chamber, they
> just haven't got any courage at all.
>

is there any reason to believe that the story, even if widely published, would have made a difference in the outcome? my fear is that it would have been yet another instance of a bush gaffe excused using some warped logic.

--ravi



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