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NY Times Falls Short
Jul 23, 2008 | 9:27 AM
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The New York Post scored a coup with an exclusive op-ed by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain. And they couldn’t resist needling their competition with this editor’s note at the beginning of the piece: “The New York Times wouldn't print this op-ed from the GOP candidate.”
Prior to his Foreign Policy 101 World Tour, Barack Obama submitted a piece to the New York Times which outlined his plans for U.S. policy in Iraq. The Times published his op-ed without hesitation. It is not uncommon for a major newspaper to accept a well-written, insightful piece from a candidate during the election season. But Obama’s piece offered nothing new. It was the same proposal that he has banked on during the primary process: removing U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. The author may have been newsworthy, but the opinion lacked little news value.
Senator McCain submitted a piece to the Times in response to Obama. Equal time, right?
Well, Times Opinion Editor David Shipley rejected the piece, and offered advice to the McCain campaign on how to rewrite the piece, “It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama's piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq.”
Wow. At least the campaign received a constructive response to why it would not be published. I’ve submitted work to the NY Times and I’ve yet to hear back from them. I’ve had better luck with the Minnesota Lottery.
After reading McCain’s op-ed in the Post, I’m troubled that the Times would not provide a forum for his views. While McCain’s position on Iraq has not changed, he provides a strong argument as to why Obama’s position will not succeed.
While this incident will give greater weight to the allegations of a media bias in this election, the unfortunate losers in this debate are the dedicated readers, of which I am one, of the New York Times. We have been shortchanged.

Tom DiBacco

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CherokeeKid read my blog view my photos
Jul 29, 2008 | 12:11 PM

Here is something interesting, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, She was the world's first elected female president (not including prime ministers, who are heads of government, women who held the position of chairman, or non-elected leaders) in 1996, she became founding chair of the Council of Women World Leaders at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Two years later she was appointed president of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology.

In 1980 she was the first woman in the world to be elected the head of state in a democratic election, despite being a divorced single mother.

I trust that a woman can lead better.
arby1
Jul 30, 2008 | 2:46 PM

??? Hillary is done. As far as the NY Times, I wouldn't even wrap fish in it.
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I spent nearly two decades as a journalist with ABC News and CNN in Washington, DC. I was a member of the White House Press Corps, traveling extensively with Presidents’ George Herbert Walker Bush and William Clinton aboard Air Force One. I accompanied Mr. Clinton on his inaugural trip aboard the presidential aircraft in 1993. Moved to Minneapolis in 2006. Currently a PR Exec in the Twin Cities.

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