Al Sharpton and the NYT Thu, May 10, 2007
Posted by bencauble in Democrats, Liberals, MSM.2 comments
I love the way the NYT operates.
This is a good take from NewsBusters on the obvious bias in everyone’s favorite objective rag.
The main point is this: while anyone else would be skewered for making comments like Sharpton’s about Romney’s Mormonism, Al Sharpton is the teflon man. Nothing sticks, and the NYT doesn’t even act like what he said was really a big deal.
If Imus calls a group of black women “nappy-headed ho’s,” there is a huge outcry. But if Sharpton, a black man, makes comments that are offensive, no one even bats an eye. It’s not that I have a huge problem with either person saying what they said. It’s just that there is a double standard in the media as to what is acceptable to say, and what they will put on the front page.
If it hurts the left, it will not be on the front page. If it hurts the right, then you can bet it will be in bold lettering.
