John McCain was told by the NY Times to write a piece which will 'mirror Senator Obama's piece'. The problem being John McCain doesn't agree with Sen. Obama on all items. The Op-Ed piece was rejected by a former Clinton aide on staff at the NY Times.
The NY Times doesn't like what Sen. John McCain had to say, and refused to print the Op-Ed piece he wrote, which is OK since the NYT is a private enterprise and can do as they please.
The article Sen. McCain wrote is
here.
I have no disagreement with freedom of the press, I do however have a problem with censoring the views of one candidate with respect to the views of any other candidate. A very fine line I know, but the blatant disregard for a balanced approach to the reporting by the Times brings into question whether the NYT is an actual news outlet or if it happens to be an outlet which is striving toward driving the news.
Again an admittedly fine line to walk, but not impossible to do. I would point to the work done here at Digital Journal as a much better method of news reporting versus news driving. Those articles which are clearly agenda driven are identified as such and should not be confused with those which are straight reporting of facts.
The NYT seems to be a bit full of itself and its former grandeur as the "Old Gray Lady".
The NYT has shown a consistent bias in favor of Sen. Obama, but has still not identified itself as being a corporation with an agneda of helping Sen. Obama get elected as president.
Perhaps the NYT should task some of theri staff to study the process here at Digital Journal to find out if they are really adhering to any of the tenets of journalism.
Perhaps a brief foray through the halls of the first school of journalism might be of assistance to them.
Re-reading Walter Williams'
Journalist's Creed might help also.
Opinion: McCain Censored by NY TImes
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