Despite breaking Edwards blogger "controversy," NY Times ignored Jewish group's criticism of Romney's nod to Henry Ford

The New York Times ignored the National Jewish Democratic Council's criticism of former Republican Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's decision to announce his 2008 presidential candidacy at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, which the group described as "the former estate of a well-known and outspoken anti-Semite and xenophobe." The Times and the Associated Press were the first to report Catholic League president Bill Donohue's criticism of two bloggers hired by former Sen. John Edwards' (D-NC) presidential campaign as "anti-Catholic vulgar trash-talking bigots," and failed to note Donohue's own history of vulgar, trash-talking bigotry, as Media Matters for America documented.

The AP reported the National Jewish Democratic Council's criticism of Romney on February 12:

The former Massachusetts governor, who is scheduled to formally launch his presidential candidacy from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday, was taken to task by The National Jewish Democratic Council.

The council "is deeply troubled by Governor Romney's choice of locations to announce his presidential campaign," executive director Ira Forman said Monday in a statement.

"Romney has been traveling the country talking about inclusiveness and understanding of people from all walks of life," Forman said. "Yet he chooses to kick (off) his presidential campaign on the former estate of a well-known and outspoken anti-Semite and xenophobe."

—S.S.M.