National Review's take on the NY Times

[T Roosevelt]

Accidently caught this while reading a surprisingly good takedown of IDers (scroll down for this). The sad thing is, we on the left COULD tell the difference - so why can't they? And I would LOVE to see the prof doing ME analysis (along with his Jonah slams).

WHY NOT? <Stanley Kurtz>
Now that The New York Times has hired the openly liberal Democratic partisan (former editor at The Washington Monthly and The American Prospect), Nicholas Confessore, to analyze and report on the president’s social security proposals, I have an even better idea. Why doesn’t the Times hire Juan Cole to analyze and report on developments in Iraq and the Middle East? After all, Cole knows the languages. On the other hand, maybe I’m getting too worked up about this Confessore business. Think about it. If the entire staff of The New York Times were to trade places with the staffs of The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, The New Republic, Salon, and Slate, would anyone be able to tell the difference? I doubt it. On the other hand, that’s the point. Of course, as a writer for a conservative outfit like National Review, I know my views on the pervasiveness of liberal media bias can’t be taken seriously. Perhaps the question can receive fair and dispassionate treatment on Nightline, sometime after George Stephanopoulos takes over.
Posted at 10:06 AM

[TomClash]

1. Now this is a man who does not watch the news

And why does Mr. Kurtz mention the NYT and the Middle East? Gee, I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count.

[MissWaverly]

2. liberal vs accountability

We are just supposed to sit back while people are being tortured for God's sake and then just insert a gentle hint that maybe's it wrong. Give me openly liberal over biased and corrupt any day. Maybe now there will be more accountability over what's happening. What about all the oil in Iraq pipelines that NO-ONE has been monitoring, they don't know where it went or whether the Iraqi people were ever paid for it, not to mention the missing 9 billion. Let's concentrate on the essential things like whether someone is openly liberal or not. Go wingnuts Go!