How Bill Clinton Got His Groove Back says the headline to an Adam Nagourney piece of hagiography on the website of The New York Times (I don’t know if it ran in the paper, or is slated to run tomorrow). My question is this: Did the former president get his groove back, or is the Times news pages continue a pattern of trying to prop up the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign by overstating things?
I cannot really say when it started but, recently, the news pages has been turning itself into pretzel spinning any news development into something positive for HRC.
They’ve, meanwhile, done the opposite for Sen. Barack Obama, covering his campaign as a constant crisis.
Just when the paper’s editorial pages was beginning to recognize its error in backing HRC and beginning to take a more even-handed tack to the campaign, the news pages has gone in the opposite direction by becoming more subjective.
This primary battle will end one day. The Times, as it almost always does, will regain its bearings. I cannot wait for either day.
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