Saturday, May 29, 2004
The New York Times and a Look at Sourcing.
Given MoveOn.org's prominence in the Democratic party circles, Al Gore's recent hysterics, Air America's calls that Rumsfeld ought to be tortured and Bush ought to be taken out and shot, Michael Moore's headline-making new movie, and the recent decision of the editors of the Nation to devote most of an issue to how to make a speedy exit from Iraq, it's hard to imagine any serious and informed reporter suggesting that the left wing of the Democratic party has been "muted."
Well, unless you work for the New York Times, of course.
The article, of course, doesn't mention MoveOn. It doesn't mention Air America. It doesn't mention Michael Moore. It doesn't even mention Gore's speech.
The New York Times missed the story entirely.
Here's why: Look at the sourcing of the article.
Liberal/Democrat/Green party sources: Kerry advisor Bob Shrum. Representative Barney Frank. Ralph Nader. Liberal Manhattan Democrat and anti-war voice Jerrold Nadler. Howard Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi. Anti-war activist Tom Andrews. Connecticut Democrat Rosa Del Lauro, who opposed the war.
Conservative/Republican/Hawkish Democrat sources:
None.
No wonder they missed the story.
The Times was intent on taking everything Shrum and the doves told them at face value. They couldn't be bothered with conducting a reality check from some people with a different perspective. And the Times is apparently too culturally ensconsed in Manhattan liberalism to be capable of noting it themselves.
They couldn't pick up the phone and call the Bush campaign? They couldn't call a Democratic hawk like Zell Miller?
And the editors let this Bush League echo-chamber sourcing slip?
Amazing.
Splash, out
Jason
Well, unless you work for the New York Times, of course.
The article, of course, doesn't mention MoveOn. It doesn't mention Air America. It doesn't mention Michael Moore. It doesn't even mention Gore's speech.
The New York Times missed the story entirely.
Here's why: Look at the sourcing of the article.
Liberal/Democrat/Green party sources: Kerry advisor Bob Shrum. Representative Barney Frank. Ralph Nader. Liberal Manhattan Democrat and anti-war voice Jerrold Nadler. Howard Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi. Anti-war activist Tom Andrews. Connecticut Democrat Rosa Del Lauro, who opposed the war.
Conservative/Republican/Hawkish Democrat sources:
None.
No wonder they missed the story.
The Times was intent on taking everything Shrum and the doves told them at face value. They couldn't be bothered with conducting a reality check from some people with a different perspective. And the Times is apparently too culturally ensconsed in Manhattan liberalism to be capable of noting it themselves.
They couldn't pick up the phone and call the Bush campaign? They couldn't call a Democratic hawk like Zell Miller?
And the editors let this Bush League echo-chamber sourcing slip?
Amazing.
Splash, out
Jason
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