Most of the people who read SST are way to the left of me politically so I know they will not like my opinion on media allegiance because they think it is a good idea to do whatever one can to damage Trump.
I will not support either HC or DT in the coming election.
Nevertheless I must say that the media elites (except Foxnews) are actively campaigning for Hillary, the ultimate establishment candidate while at the same time campaigning against Trump. The glee with which media people pounce on any available gaff of Trump's and then spin it to death is sadly apparent.
We no longer have anything like a neutral press in the US. What we have is an ideologically driven propaganda machine. pl
A truly interesting story. I recall reading it and will try to reread if I can find it in the Tribune archives (as I am a subscriber). Who was the publisher at the time?
Also, I'm surprised about the NY Times assertions. I had been a daily consumer of the Times since its newsprint was distributed nationally in the early 80's (didn't care for the WSJ, so I guess that shows my position on the political spectrum). It was reading about the "mysterious disease that afflicts gays, hemophiliacs and Haitians" in the NYT that introduced me to the AIDS issue.
I believe that another more recent example, and I wonder whether you concur, is the controversy with the 'Innocence Project', wrongful conviction movement, Anthony Porter, Jon Burge; formerly initiated at Northwestern University journalism school. This seems to be a news item that has been recently accused of malfeasance.
Please note that I make this observation as a supporter of law enforcement (minus the military gear)
Posted by: Ramojus | 01 July 2016 at 02:04 PM
SoCal Rhino,
Otto von Bismark would be considered "left" in America-today's manufactured political landscape.
Posted by: different clue | 01 July 2016 at 03:04 PM
Two pieces about how pervasive the effects of Rosenthal's homophobia were at the NYT when he was managing editor -- in general and in terms of the lack of coverage of the AIDS epidemic (until Rosenthal retired).
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060516_larry_gross_abe_rosenthal_homophobia
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/new-york-times-gays-lesbians-aids-homophobia_n_2200684.html
If those pieces seem at all tendentious, I can assure you that what they say about Rosenthal and the NYT was fairly common knowledge among many journalists on many papers at the time. There's nothing that journalists like to talks about more than the behind-the-scenes crap that that's going on at their paper and at other papers.
I know of the kerfuffle over Northwestern U. and the Innocence Project but don't know enough to come down on one side or the other or even to be sure what the sides actually are there (there may well be more than two or even three sides to it now) .
I'll have to check on who the Trib's editor and publisher were at the time of Gallo series, though I doubt whether the publisher would have been involved in it that much or at all.
BTW, in case anyone who read my initial reply to Ramojus is curious, I, and the two science writers and features editor I mentioned in that post are all straight, as they say. I feel somewhat silly in saying that, but there are some conspiracy-minded minds on SST, and why not set them to rest?
Posted by: Larry Kart | 01 July 2016 at 04:01 PM
Rjj,
TBF it was already done. Trump said he looked forward to working with Cotton in the future. So no.
To answer your first question: a lot of virtue signalling.
Posted by: Tyler | 01 July 2016 at 04:10 PM
The editor of the Tribune at the time of the 55,000-word John Crewdson series on Robert Gallo was Jack Fuller (who recently passed away), though there may have been some overlap with Fuller's predecessor Jim Squires. The publisher of the paper at the time was John Madigan.
Posted by: Larry Kart | 01 July 2016 at 04:11 PM
Col. Lang,
Turkey, Bangladesh and we're next again? Not a thing would shock me.
Posted by: Cee | 02 July 2016 at 01:24 PM
was thinking this was the Borg pulling a Predator Pee Deterrent type maneuver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7cRK_uZj_U
but flippancy is the first phase of denial.
WTF is Rumsfeld doing in Caucasus and Central Europe.
Posted by: rjj | 03 July 2016 at 02:11 PM
The past 48 hrs CNN says sources say no charges against HRC. FBI Director begins his announcement today with "No one knows what I am about to say".....I call whitewash and BS... No charges recommended... she broke laws but no charges because ignorance or even feigned ignorance is an excuse. The FBI is now confirmed as a Borg tool of "governance".
Posted by: 505thPIR | 05 July 2016 at 11:53 AM