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NYT

I am old fashioned. I have considered The New York Times the paper of record and also a good one; maybe the best. Tom has said that he hates the paper. I have defended it. Now, I am shaken. The re-ignition of Clinton bashing disgusts me. They savaged his book in the most personal way. That it has performed as a mouthpieces for the bushers destroys its reputation as 'record'; biased; suckered. Its use as a conduit for misinformation on Iraq destroys its reputation for accuracy. And as a day to day reader of the on-line version, I can testify to its continued decline in quality. Comparisons also reveal.

We read the Los Angeles Times more or less cover to cover. It is pretty good. It reminds us that papers can be objective, complete, and fair. And when they are not, Eisner and the Lakers come to mind, they are pretty clear that opinion is opinion and they invariably give the other side a shot.

I will not quit reading the NYT. It is still a good resource. It is still the best carrier of cultural news which is a great service. But it has dropped out of the heavens and become just another earthborn vehicle for the news; buyer beware.

Of course there have been some headlines that you could count on. Doesn't this one make you feel good?