The MSM Looks, But Does Not See

For John, BLUF:  The NYT view.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The "Public Editor" for The New York Times♠ answers reader comments on The Old Grey Lady and the IRS imbroglio.  Her take:

The Times was somewhat late in beginning to cover the latest development about the lost emails. My office had begun to field several days’ worth of reader protests on the lack of attention when the first story finally went online.  Despite that slow start and the quiet display of the subsequent stories (an analytical piece might have been a good choice for the front page), The Times has given its readers insightful coverage of a situation heavily clouded by partisan politics.

I will give her the "somewhat late".  It is my guess that the powers that be in the paper think this is just a made up scandal and there is nothing to it.  Ms Lois Lerner was just doing her legitimate job and the loss of her EMails and those of six other IRS employees, are just the way an electronic world moves.

What did you expect?  Don't Worry, Be Happy

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  This would be Ms Margaret Sullivan and the position would be a sort of Ombudsman for the readers of America's Newspaper of Record.