12.05.07
Kit Seelye, still at work for the GOP
Kit Seelye was one of the NY Times reporters who led the attack against Al Gore in the 2000 election, writing pieces that were slanted greatly in favor of the GOP. And now she’s at it again. Paul Krugman:
I have a lot of problems with this Kit Seelye piece. It’s kind of weird that the usual “both sides may have a point” reporting gave way to a clear declaration that one side is right — precisely on an issue where many, many health experts believe that Obama is wrong, and that mandates are both feasible and essential. Much better coverage of the issue, I’m sorry to say, in the Murdoch news.
But this takes the cake:
Joseph Antos, a health policy expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a nonpartisan group.
Is it really possible for a veteran reporter to believe that AEI is nonpartisan? Not even a qualifier, like “right-leaning” or “free-market-oriented”?
