The NYT's woeful Minnesota recount reporting, cont'd
November 14, 2008 9:37 pm ET by Eric Boehlert
We noted earlier the several blotches that appeared in the Friday Times article about the Al Franken/Norm Coleman recount. We didn't' like the way the article was heavily favored in terms of quoting and referencing Coleman supporters, and how the Times gave a platform to the GOP claim (completely unsubstantiated) that the race was being "stolen." And how the newspaper even quoted Sean Hannity, as if his propaganda had any relevance in the recount.
Now we find out that a person quoted in the Times piece and presented as sort of an Everyman Minnesota voter (who, by the way, came down on the side of Coleman), actually has close ties to the GOP. Worse, the Everyman voter says he explained his GOP connection to the Times reporter and that even the Everyman voter was surprised when his GOP ties were not mentioned in the Times article.
Go read more here. It's not pretty folks.
I don't think it can be overstated how many 'establishment' people absolutely hate Al Franken. They think he's a joke, an embarrassment, but what he really is is a threat. Franken does not suffer fools gladly, and has a stinging wit, to say the least. There are Senate dems who are committed to seeing that he never makes it to those chambers, too-- they will do nothing to help him.
Coleman's no threat to anyone. But Franken is a nettle, and worse, a left-wing one.