http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6713/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-uses-librarian-obit-bash-insidious-portion-patriot-act <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Plus: The Times calls a single group &quot;ultraconservative&quot; 15 times but has only used the term &quot;ultraliberal&quot; to describe any liberal group once. </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/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The American Library Association's Judith Krug is dead of cancer at 69. She is best known for Banned Books Week, which made her a hero among a certain kind of liberal who enjoy preening as resolute defenders of free speech. Douglas Martin wrote <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/us/15krug.html?scp=1&sq=krug&st=cse" target="_self">the obituary</a>, includingKrug's fights with socialconservatives, but at least provided some balancing views:</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-uses-librarian-obit-bash-insidious-portion-patriot-act" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch DouglasMartin JohnBirchSociety JudithKrug LabelingBias libraries NewYorkTimes NYTimes Obituary PatriotAct TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Ultraconservative Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:44:00 +0000 admin 6782 at http://archive2.mrc.org