The New York Times is carrying out a vendetta against Charles and David Koch,
two of the very few rich people who support conservative and libertarian
causes. The Times is offended, apparently, that the Left does not quite have a
monopoly on big money. The paper's editorialists flat-out lied about the Koch
brothers, and had to issue a retraction. But that editorial attack was just
the tip of the iceberg.
Times reporter Eric Lipton misrepresented his interview with Tim Phillips, who
heads Americans For Prosperity, a grass-roots organization that the Kochs have
supported. That misrepresentation has not yet resulted in a correction, but it
should. We have also asked Arthur Brisbane, the Times's Public Editor, to
explain whether the paper's editorials are fact-checked, or whether they
simply republish rumors that they pick up on left-wing web sites. Brisbane has
not responded to my emails, and today's paper--his column appears on Sundays--
did not address the issue.
A week ago today, the Times printed an op-ed by David Callahan, a senior
fellow at Demos, a left-wing "non-partisan public policy research and advocacy
organization." Callahan's op-ed is a plea for greater transparency with
respect to 501(c)(4) organizations. There are, ...
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