Parry: NYTimes pleads Santorum's case in "black people" hubbub
By Robert Parry
New York Times political reporter Katharine Q. Seelye, who famously misquoted Al Gore during Campaign 2000, has now bent over backward to shield Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum from a real quote in which he disparaged “black people.”
Santorum has been running from his quote since he was caught on video discussing food stamps with a group of white voters in Sioux City, Iowa, on Jan. 1 and telling them “I do not want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”
The comment won Santorum a round of applause from his white audience – and may have helped him rally right-wing Iowans as he surged to a virtual tie with front-runner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses two days later. But the former Pennsylvania senator began coming under criticism for his racially charged remark, which was replayed on MSNBC, CNN and other news networks.
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Traditionally, the role of the press in such cases has been to hold politicians accountable, not let them make a bigoted appeal to one group and then weasel out of it later. However, the Times and its reporter Seelye chose to buy into Santorum’s ridiculous explanation.
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http://consortiumnews.com/2012/01/10/nyt-clarified-santorums-black-quote/
I recommend the entire article. It explains how this same right-wing liar led the "Gore can't be trusted" movement in 2000. Looks like this Seelye is nothing but a Rove-loving liar and propagandist.
Please, let the purge begin while I am still young enough to enjoy it.
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