Friday, July 17, 2009

Is the Grey Lady A Propaganda Organ for the White House?

CBO Disappears in NYT Black (News) Hole

Readers of the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post woke up this morning to see front page stories on the news that the Congressional Budget Office produced a rather damning report on the Democrats' health care plan. Here's how the two papers treated the story:

wapo717Washington Post: Lawmakers Warned About Health Costs

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Wall Street Journal: Budget Blow for Health Plan

Readers of the New York Times, however, wouldn't have any clue about the CBO report by looking at the paper's front page:

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The CBO report is mentioned today's New York Times - but it's buried inside the paper in the second paragraph of a story running under the headline, "House Committee Approves Health Care Bill."

It's says quite a bit that the editors at the two other largest and most influential papers in the country found the story to be front page news but the editors at the Times did not.

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