The New York Times Retracts A Lie

On Friday, August 19, OTR posted about a piece of scandalous New York Times junk journalism attacking California Congressman Darrell Issa. Issa's attack dog style is a bit much for OTR so he doesn't have any skin in this game other than the pursuit of objective reporting. Well, it seems The Times has begun retracting the story at a slow, steady pace designed to correct the wrong and sweeten the truth for it loyal readers, all at the same time. Here is your story link.

The Times can say anything it wants on the editorial pages and in signed political columns. It would be refreshing to see truth and objectivity in their reporting of the news of the day. Is that really to much to ask of this once-great newspaper?

The New York Times Continues Its Descent

Darrell Issa is a hard-hitting, wealthy, self-made conservative congressman from California. The Marxist/socialist/ collectivist left targets him because he doesn't like the sweeping growth in federal power in Washington especially in the last two years. This week, The New York Times slimed Issa in a seriously weak hit piece by Eric Lichtblau. Issa has corrected the record in a point-by-point response. Powerline's John Hinderaker has more on the story here.

OTR may like some of Issa's political positions, but not all of them, and he doesn't care for the in-your-face methods either. What he does like is the traditional journalistic pursuit of the truth. If readers still think The New York Times seeks truth, they need to devote some careful study to both the Issa article and the response.