Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has decided to attack a New York Times reporter, Jeff Zeleny, a very respected journalist, for misunderstanding his statement regarding Mitt Romney being the worst possible Republican candidate for President against Barack Obama, because of the Romney health care plan he devised for Massachusetts while its Governor in 2006.
Santorum cursed at Zeleny, and later said that a Republican would have to prove his mettle by attacking the New York Times.
No one has ever said that the New York Times is perfect, and that it has not made mistakes in its history in its reporting of the news.
But feeling a need to attack the New York Times for political reasons is counterproductive, as no matter what one thinks, that newspaper remains the BEST newspaper in coverage of political and foreign policy news, with the possible exception of the Washington Post.
Being the newspaper of record, with the best and most thorough coverage and research index, any intelligent citizen or voter should look askance at Rick Santorum, when he feels a need to attack legitimate journalism, as it not a positive image of Santorum that he leaves by such an attack.
Santorum is right on target, New York Times wants to pick and choose the news.
And, Charles, I gather FOX News Channel, and the Wall Street Journal, and other conservative news sources do NOT pick and choose the news? Give me a break!
And in fact, the NY Times and Washington Post are the most balanced and equitable sources of all news sources, unless you are referring to the editorial page, which is not designed to be objective.
But any researcher in these two news sources past and present and into the future KNOW they are the best sources available, which is not true for the conservative news sources mentioned above!