http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24858/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-numbers/new-york-times-touts-plain-packaging-downplays-impact-taxes-tobacco <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Business story supports pro-regulatory position of Times editorial board which attacked tobacco 24 times in two years. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/sean-long">Sean Long</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">The New York Times thinks regulations like tobacco packaging laws will reduce smoking, but a recent business story on the subject made that case while downplaying other factors.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Sean Long is Staff Writer at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@SeanLong717" target="_blank">Follow Sean Long on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-numbers/new-york-times-touts-plain-packaging-downplays-impact-taxes-tobacco" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Bias by the Numbers MRC Business Business Government Health International Media Taxes Australia cigarettes Editorials New York Times news opinion writing plain packaging laws Regulation Smoking taxes tobacco tobacco consumption tobacco packaging Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:46:39 +0000 julia.seymour 46558 at http://archive2.mrc.org