Is the New York Times Becoming the Worst Paper in America?

William Anderson reports on the New York Times:

the New York Times no longer is the standard-bearer of newspaper journalism; instead, it carries the standard of modern leftist political culture, and nowhere did that become more apparent than in its coverage of the infamous Duke Lacrosse Non-Rape, Non-Kidnapping, and Non-Sexual Assault Case. Like its saturation coverage of the story that it created – the refusal of Augusta National, home of golf’s Master’s Tournament, to admit women as members – the Times contributed numerous articles and columns to this story, and managed to become the "gold standard" for biased and inaccurate coverage.

I will go a step farther; the New York Times – with the possible exception of the Durham Herald-Sun – had the worst coverage of the case of any journalistic outlet in the country. Where others saw a case falling apart, the Times saw "a body of evidence to support his (District Attorney Michael B. Nifong) decision to take the matter to a jury."

It takes a certain sense of style to have Comrade Duranty's picture up on the wall.