Edwards Campaign: Times Refused To Talk To Beneficiaries Of His Anti-Poverty Programs

The Edwards campaign is pushing back hard against today's enormous front-page New York Times piece alleging that there was something untoward about the fact that the antipoverty programs set up by John Edwards provided a "bridge" to his Presidential campaign. The story has already come under fire here, here, and here.

But we've just learned something new and surprising about the story. The Edwards campaign has just told us on the record that The ... Full Story »

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Julian Friedland
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by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting analysis of journalistic ethics. Looks like the NYT author may have made unwarranted assumptions. In either case this A1 NYT piece on Edwards certainly constitutes strong evidence against the common right-wing criticism that the paper is left wing. Makes one wonder if the paper would have the guts to do the same kind of innuendo-filled hit-job on a right-wing candidate. The right tends to push back much harder, which is why Krugman says the media have learned to attack the left to appear balanced while often avoiding attacking the right for fear of massive vitriolic retaliation.

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