Re: [Pen-l] The I. F. Stone Question (Again) - NYTimes.com

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

 me, corrected:
>> the NYT's reputation has always been determined relative to the
>> journalistic herd, They're seen as being more "liberal" and more
>> "intellectual" than most other newspapers. In a Gothamocentric
>> universe, that reputation is defined relative to the NY POST and the
>> NY [Daily NEWS]

Louis:
> You have to understand that the attack on I.F. Stone was written by an
> editor of the Sunday Book Review, a section that is run by Sam Tannenhaus, a
> long-time neocon who wrote a largely sympathetic book on Whittaker Chambers.


Right. As an "intellectual" newspaper, the NYT allows for a variety of
opinions, as long as they don't stray too far from the current
orthodoxy. A crucial thing that would bar someone from the NYT is
criticism of Israel, unless it's of the mild sort defined by current
mainstream Israeli politics. (It's okay to favor the program of "Peace
Now," I'd guess, but a one-state solution is out.)
-- 
Jim Devine /  "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange
days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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