How Credible Is The New York Times?

Get a load of this...the New York Times actually has the gall to say the following:

"[W]e are agnostic as to where a story may lead; we do not go into a story with an agenda or a pre-conceived notion. We do not manipulate or hide facts to advance an agenda. We strive to preserve our independence from political and economic interests, including our own advertisers. We do not work in the service of a party, or an industry, or even a country. When there are competing views of a situation, we aim to reflect them as clearly and fairly as we can."

Pretty funny, huh? If there's one thing the NYT has proved over the past few years, it's that it is anything but fair.

Without rehashing the long history of bias from the NYT, I'll just point out another recent prime example. A NYT reporter attending a Fred Thompson event said the following:

And that was his final remark. Outside the room where Mr. Thompson signed his papers, about a dozen supporters stood waiting for him, holding placards. But he exited through a door that put his back to them, and proceeded down the hall, not feeling the hand of one of his aides who tried to stop him.

The problem was that there were other reporters attending the same event, and one of them tells a different story:

[T]here were about three dozen of us in the corridor outside the Secretary of State's office.

Thompson did not turn his back to us, as [you would like your readers to believe - edit]. We had assembled in the corridor, so that when Fred came out of the room, we'd form a procession behind him and follow him out of the building.

as for your implication that he immediately proceeded down the hall, without stopping to greet his supporters, perhaps you missed his arrival outside the State House, where he stopped to talk, shake hands, and sign autographs for anyone and everyone who was assembled there. Why go through that again.

Two totally different accounts...so who's right? Well, the second guy happened to catch everything on video (see the link above). Notice how Thompson does stop at the hand on his arm, and stops to have a picture and brief conversation with a young kid.

Of course, when the second reporter called out the NYT reporter with a comment on her blog, the comment disappeared.

Yep, that's some honest and fair reporting on one of the major Republican presidential candidates. It's probably the reason the NYT continues tanking.

There's my two cents.