http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/830/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-writer-links-legal-woes-lance-armstrong-roger-clemens-ken-starr-bushies <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Times writer Jonathan Mahler ties it all together: &quot;When the first Balco indictments were handed down in February 2004, they were trumpeted as a blow for democracy, the sports equivalent of the toppling of the statue of Saddam in Firdos Square, which had taken place less than a year earlier....we&#039;ve lived through two endless wars and our nation&#039;s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression....[prosecutor] Novitzky is starting to look more and more like Ken Starr, circa 1998, myopically pursuing a case whose relevance diminishes with each new news cycle.&quot; </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>New York Times contributing writer Jonathan Mahler was featured on the front of the Sports section Saturday, opining on two drug-related prosecutions in the sports world, '<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/sports/why-clemens-and-armstrong-arent-worth-pursuing-anymore.html?_r=1&sq=mahler&st=cse&scp=5&pagewanted=all">Why Clemens and Armstrong Aren't Worth Pursuing Anymore</a>.'</p> <p> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-writer-links-legal-woes-lance-armstrong-roger-clemens-ken-starr-bushies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Crime JonathanMahler KenStarr LanceArmstrong liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias RogerClemens Sports TimesWatch Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:58:00 +0000 admin 399 at http://archive2.mrc.org