NYT Editorial Page Editor struggles to examine the record on voter fraud (UPDATED)

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  November 7th at 02:35 PM  | 

For a number of reasons, I tend to avoid claims of media bias, as I am often reminded of Silberman’s Law, from Rumsfeld’s Rules, that notes that we often overstate “conspiracy,” while “underestimat[ing] incompetency and fortuity.” However, I have trouble explaining this one any other way. The New York Times editorial page editor, Andy Rosenthal, says, “A half-dozen times or so I’ve asked followers of my | Read More »

Rhode Island and Voter ID

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  October 10th at 10:06 AM  | 

Today, the New York Times has an editorial attacking so-called voter ID bills. According to Democratic and New York Times (but I repeat myself) mythmaking, voter ID is a racist Republican scheme to stop minorities and Democrats from voting: Of course the Republicans passing these laws never acknowledge their real purpose, which is to turn away from the polls people who are more likely to | Read More »

NYT fires blanks at IRI

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  February 5th at 06:54 AM  | 

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a cheap hit-job against the International Republican Institute (a mostly-government-funded NGO that engages in democracy promotion in civil society staffed primarily by Republicans). The allegation is in the second paragraph: As tensions mounted, Kenneth Flottman sat in Nairobi and grew increasingly frustrated. He had in his hands the results of an exit poll, paid for by the | Read More »

NYT Newsflash: The people Palin beat don’t like her

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  September 3rd at 08:50 AM  | 

Today’s New York Times has a story about Sarah Palin’s critics in Alaska. These are the “facts” that they use in the story: They quote the guy she beat for Mayor of Wasilia. They quote a Democratic city council member who says that Palin did something but doesn’t corroborate. The person who could have corroborated refused to comment. They note a guy who she fired | Read More »