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Democrats and Double Standards in the NYT: 'Respected Voice' Robert Byrd vs. 'Foe of Integration' Strom Thurmond

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:41:00 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times marked the death early Monday morning of veteran Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who served a record 51 years in the U.S. Senate, with an online obituary by former Times reporter Adam Clymer. While acknowledging Byrd's Klan past and his pork-barrel prodigiousness, Clymer's lead also emphasized Byrd's proud fight as the keeper of Congressional prerogatives. The headline was hagiographic: "Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92."

Democrats and Double Standards: 'Respected Voice' Robert Byrd vs. 'Foe of Integration' Strom Thurmond

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:30:00 +0000

Democrat senator and former Klan member Robert Byrd was a "Respected Voice of the Senate." Republican senator Jesse Helms had a "hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art."

Clay Waters

The Times marked the death early Monday morning of veteran Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who served a record 51 years in the U.S. Senate, with an online obituary by former Times reporter Adam Clymer. While acknowledging Byrd's Klan past and his pork-barrel prodigiousness, Clymer's lead also emphasized Byrd's proud fight as the keeper of Congressional prerogatives. The headline was hagiographic: "Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92."

Bono to Pen Column for the Times Next Year

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:39:00 +0000

Hey, he's got to be better than Bruce Springsteen...

Clay Waters

Bono will write a column next year for the Times, reports Radar Online.

Jesse Helms' "Hard-Edged Conservatism" Opposed to Everything Good

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:59:00 +0000

No love for the "right-wing" senator from North Carolina: "Jesse Helms...whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art, died early Friday. He was 86."

Clay Waters

On Independence Day, Americans were greeted with the news that Jesse Helms, one of the nation's most influential lawmakers, had died. The Times joined the rest of the media in portraying the former Republican senator from North Carolina through a liberal prism, in a strongly unfavorable light.