Age of Reason

Right-wing Bias in New York Times Coverage of the "Istook Amendment"

More right-wing lies from the New York Times.

David E. Rosenbaum failed to verify claims made by people he quoted and omitted key pieces of information relevant to the story, including the exact language of the clause in question. While Rosenbaum filled in some additional details in a follow-up article on the subject published on November 23, he ignored contradictions between the two stories and failed to point out that an unverified claim made by a Republican committee staff member he quoted the previous day was, in fact, false.

Mediamatters has more details.

posted by conchis @ 11:55 PM