Tuesday July 22, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

The NY Times is the paper of record for the Western world.
The NY Times just ran an OPED penned by Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, explaining his point of view on Iraq.

Fair is fair, so the Republicans had McCain do the same.
Only The NY Times rejected the McCain piece.

That is serious business.
OPEDs are supposed to discuss the issues. It would have been best had pieces from both candidates run on the same day - a face off of sorts. That way the paper would have opened up a forum allowing for a discussion of the ideas presented by both men who want to be president.

If it was not obvious before, it is obvious now.
There is no doubt that The NY Times will endorse Obama.
But the paper of record for the Western world owes it to the public to play the game fairly and you cannot be a good sport if you handicap one of the players.

There is nothing wrong with a newspaper having a point of view.
The NY Times does not need to be impartial, but it should be fair.

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