Monday, January 03, 2005

Howler

Somerby comments on the Grey Lady's anti-internet jihad. He concludes:

Gail Collins produces a superb editorial today about the unfolding Soc Sec debate. But isn’t it strange—that the information included here can only be found in a Times editorial? The Times is quick to challenge silly misstatements when they’re made by anonymous shlubs on the Net. But it’s weird! The paper seems a bit slow to respond when the crackpot misstatements come from the White House! When that happens, fellows like Schwartz get very quiet. You have to turn to editorials if you want to receive basic facts.

yep. And, it is rather odd that Schwartz didn't mention the blog of their star reporter.