Dayhoff Soundtrack: Times Watch Tracker: Times Overexcited About First Daughter Barbara Bush's Support of Gay Marriage

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Times Watch Tracker: Times Overexcited About First Daughter Barbara Bush's Support of Gay Marriage

Deborah Solomon Demands of Goldman Sachs Strategist: 'What Is a C.E.O. Contributing to Society?'
To that, Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs replied: "What about the C.E.O. of the New York Times Company?"

Times Overexcited About First Daughter Barbara Bush's Support of Gay Marriage
Reporter Michael Barbaro gets awfully worked up about one of Bush's daughters making a video in support of gay marriage in New York State: "The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the United Nations. Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty issue."

Times Online Underwhelmed By Ruling Obama-Care Is Unconstitutional
An online headline underplayed the danger a Florida judge's ruling poses to Obama-care: "Ruling Against Health Care Law Evens Scorecard at 2-2."

Huge Keller Cover Story Defends Spilling Diplomatic Secrets From WikiLeaks
The biggest laugh line in Executive Editor Bill Keller's proud defense of his paper's publication of secret diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: "...it is our aim to be impartial in our presentation of the news." Yet he clearly preferred dealing with the Obama White House over that of President George W. Bush.

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