November 26, 2001
From the desk of Jane Galt:Gray Lady Watch Here's a
Gray Lady Watch
Here's a fascinating experiment: what do you get when you search The New York Times for Michael Bellesiles (author of the widely-lauded and now apparently thoroughly debunked book on gun ownership in early America which purported to prove that the "gun culture" didn't emerge until the Civil War)?
A list of positive reviews, is what, with no mention of the fact that the Boston Globe and other media outlets have offered convincing evidence that Bellesiles deliberately misrepresented facts (to put it mildly) in order to support his thesis. Nine positive reviews, no mention of the criticism. I've mentioned before that I think the Times is spending the principal, so to speak, of its reputation in order to push an increasingly obvious political agenda. So no surprise here -- but nonetheless, it makes me sad.
Posted by Jane Galt at November 26, 2001 01:30 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links