Posted by
Always To The Right on Saturday, October 04, 2008 2:54:07 PM
We’ve been waiting for the mainstream media to apply one-tenth of
the investigative power that they’ve put into Wasilla probing Sarah
Palin into Chicago to check on Barack Obama. The New York Times
offers about that — a tenth of an effort — into exploring Obama’s
connections to William Ayers. Despite the fact that Obama worked for
Ayers at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge for several years and with
Ayers on the Woods Fund for a few more, the Paper of Record insists
that the two men have no real ties at all.
The first clue as to their spin? The headline — “Obama and ’60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths”. Crossed paths? Are they just two ships that passed in the night?
Update: Color Tom Maguire unimpressed with the Times’ effort;
Scott Shane of the NY Times
presents an elegant apologia for Obama's mysterious relationship with
unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Mr. Shane presents the bare
bones of many of the allegations made by critics, thereby allowing the
Times to defend this piece as fair and two-sided. However, little or
no evidence is presented to support the allegations while the Obama
denials and current explanations are presented uncritically. The net
effect will probably be to convince many people that the Times pushed
hard but simply could not find a story here.
Ditto for Steve Diamond
Once again, the New York Times
misses the story, parroting the false claims of the Obama Campaign
about the relationship between Bill Ayers and Barack Obama. Some months
ago the Times reported
without comment the Campaign's lie that the first time Obama met Ayers
was in late 1995 at a "meet and greet" held at Ayers' home for Obama
when Obama launched his campaign for the state senate.