Of course you would think so. She is still on their dropdown of columnists, but you are correct that mercifully she is departed; I had forgotten in the midst of other things to think about. The NYT is not a left-leaning publication, and Ross Douthat is not one of "a few right-leaning authors." That quoted passage is simply not correct as a matter of fact.
тАЬThe New York Times is not a left-leaning publication.тАЭ ThatтАЩs an astonishing claim to make, one that IтАЩd guess its own reporters would not make.
Only if you've never read it, and grew up listening to right wing media refer to it that way. The NYT has always been an establishment paper that largely tacks center-right, as my breakdown of its Op-ed columnists was getting at. Its reporting is similarly middle-of-the road, and can be very -- VERY -- establishment friendly. Judith Miller helped Dubya persuade people war was a good idea by laundering lies through the Times' front page, for christ's sake! If you think it's a left wing paper you are comparing it to right wing tabloid garbage like the NY Post or Fox which announce their viewpoint from the first sentence. Even the Wall St. Journal before Murdoch was famous for its reporting being unbiased rather than far right like its editorial page. The Times is only "left-leaning" to the extent that, as Stephen Colbert quipped, "reality has a liberal bias." If you want an actual left-of-center paper to compare to, try the Guardian (UK) -- there isn't a left-leaning paper in America that is part of the mainstream media operation.
You are pretty off base with this one. And Pamela Paul is gone.
Of course you would think so. She is still on their dropdown of columnists, but you are correct that mercifully she is departed; I had forgotten in the midst of other things to think about. The NYT is not a left-leaning publication, and Ross Douthat is not one of "a few right-leaning authors." That quoted passage is simply not correct as a matter of fact.
тАЬThe New York Times is not a left-leaning publication.тАЭ ThatтАЩs an astonishing claim to make, one that IтАЩd guess its own reporters would not make.
Only if you've never read it, and grew up listening to right wing media refer to it that way. The NYT has always been an establishment paper that largely tacks center-right, as my breakdown of its Op-ed columnists was getting at. Its reporting is similarly middle-of-the road, and can be very -- VERY -- establishment friendly. Judith Miller helped Dubya persuade people war was a good idea by laundering lies through the Times' front page, for christ's sake! If you think it's a left wing paper you are comparing it to right wing tabloid garbage like the NY Post or Fox which announce their viewpoint from the first sentence. Even the Wall St. Journal before Murdoch was famous for its reporting being unbiased rather than far right like its editorial page. The Times is only "left-leaning" to the extent that, as Stephen Colbert quipped, "reality has a liberal bias." If you want an actual left-of-center paper to compare to, try the Guardian (UK) -- there isn't a left-leaning paper in America that is part of the mainstream media operation.