Rep.MarkFoley

What Did Rahm Emanuel Know about Foley Emails? The Times Doesn't Care

admin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:57:00 +0000

Jeff Zeleny, former Chicago Tribune reporter, shows no interest in Chicago-based Rep. Rahm Emanuel's possible knowledge of the notorious Marc Foley emails to a page a year before they were made public.

Clay Waters

New Times reporter Jeff Zeleny apparently left all his curiosity about Illinois politicians behind when he left the Chicago Tribune this fall for the Times.

"People Like These" Love Dick Cheney

admin — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:05:00 +0000

How in the world could anyone like Dick Cheney? The Times seems puzzled.

Clay Waters

Something about Vice President Dick Cheney really riles reporters at the Times, who delight in making fun of both the veep's alleged lack of charisma and the deluded red-state folk who can't see what a dullard he is.

Mark Leibovich does it on the front page of Tuesday's Times, "Cheney Hits Heartland, and He Can Feel the Love."

Marking the Death of Rep. Gerry Studds

admin — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:18:00 +0000

The death of former liberal Rep. Gerry Studds' death garners respectful coverage from the Times. But the Times marked the death of conservative Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage rather differently.

Clay Waters

The Times marks the death of former Rep. Gerry Studds witha respectful obituary by DamienCave. Which is as it should be.

GOP Only "Fashions Itself" as the Party of Lincoln?

admin — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:29:00 +0000

Mark Leibovich: "Even though the G.O.P. fashions itself as 'the party of Lincoln' and a promoter of tolerance, it is perceived as hostile by many gay men and lesbians."

Clay Waters

Just in case you'd forgotten about it, Sunday's Page 1 features a Foley story by Mark Leibovich, "Foley Case Upsets Tough Balance Of Capitol Hill's Gay Republicans." (What's a "tough balance," anyway?)

"The Ethicist" Links Mark Foley to Bush's "Profound Assault...on Democracy Itself"

admin — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:15:00 +0000

Columnist Randy Cohen, on CNN to talk about Foley: "...this, it seems to me, is a part of a larger pattern of the administration's habit of secrecy, of cover-ups. We see other example in Bob Woodward's book. You know, democracy relies on transparency and openness. And to undermine that is really an ethical transgression. It's a profound assault on civic virtue, on democracy itself.

Clay Waters

Randy Cohen, whopens "The Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, was on CNN Monday night "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" (hat tip CJR Daily) to discuss the ethics of the Mark Foley scandal.

G.O.P. Chances of Keeping Control "Undermined" by Foley

admin — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:13:00 +0000

"....a controversy that seems to have undermined its chances of keeping control of Congress on Election Day."

Clay Waters

Young hot-shot reporter Jeff Zeleny, formerly of the Chicago Tribune,teams up againwith the paper's veteran congressional reporter Carl Hulse for Thursday's A1 rundown of the latest Foley happenings, "Early Warning on Foley Cited By Former Aide."

Again, the Times portrays the Foley scandal as the latest in what has been a long line of issues the Times has aggressively promoted as wrecking Republican chances of holding on to Congress.

Double Standards on Sex Scandals: Foley vs. Studds

admin — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:25:00 +0000

A missed opportunity to point out Democratic hypocrisy.

Clay Waters

Tuesday's lead story by Carl Hulse and Jeff Zeleny keeps the pressure on the GOP: "Pressure Grows for Republicans Over Foley Scandal."

Rep. Foley Scandal Makes Hypocrites Out of G.O.P. Congress?

admin — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:12:00 +0000

Sharpening up a pro-Democrat political point, reporter Raymond Hernandez paints helpless Democrats under hard attack by hypocritical Republicans.

Clay Waters

Reporter Raymond Hernandez, who is off the pro-Hillary Clinton beat and is now helping to covering Congress from D.C., uses the Rep. Mark Foley scandal to help Democrats paint Republicans as hypocrites in Monday's "Democrats See a Chance to Turn the Tables."

Congressional Republicans "Rocked By" Rep. Mark Foley

admin — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:49:00 +0000

The Times finds its latest Republican-majority killing silver bullet and twice conflates two sets of emails to make House Majority Leader Hastert look bad.

Clay Waters

Congressional reporters Carl Hulse and Kate Zernike sign off on the latest congressional session, and foresee an uphill battle for Republicans in Sunday's "Along With Victories, G.O.P. Takes a Few Blows."

Rep. Mark Foley has become the latest issue set to doom Republican chances to hold on to the House in next month's congressional elections.