Lies on the Front Page, the Truth Buried on the Back Page

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
March 2, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/279/lies-on-the-front-page-the-truth-buried-on

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the New York Times recently run a front-page but barely factual story about Senator McCain’s alleged improper or romantic relationship with a much-younger lobbyist? Today, the Times has buried an in-depth, highly factual report of Senator Obama’s possibly improper relationship to Tony Rezko, a Chicago real estate developer who goes on trial for corruption tommorrow; the article appears on page 25. According to the Times, “the Obamas obtained their dream house” through Rezko who also “bought an empty lot next door.” Isn’t this front page material given that the Texas and Ohio primaries take place on Tuesday? Given their bias, why did the Paper of Record even bother printing this artcle at all?

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