the NY Post lives down to its reputation

[redbird]

It took Rupert Murdoch's New York Post about a month to go from putting the oath of office on the front page of the paper to publishing a stupid, racist cartoon about President Obama. I'm not linking to it here, because it's ugly, offensive, and not remotely funny. I can't boycott the post, because I stopped reading it years ago for reasons only partly political. (When I was growing up, before the Murdoch days, my parents got it as well as the NY Times, because the Post had late sports results and cartoons.)

I was reminded of this by a friend who posted, comments disabled, but with a link to a story that included the cartoon. She expressed surprise that it wasn't all over her friends list; I suspect this is a combination of people figuring it's been mentioned in the regular press and doesn't need to be discussed here, and a weary "yes, it's run by obnoxious right-wingers, big surprise." The president's press secretary settled for a remark to the effect that the NY Post isn't very newsworthy.

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

No, but the first time I heard the story they made it sound like he *was* the main person reacting.

That's the way it's being played some places: "Oh, there goes Al Sharpton again."

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Disappointing - CNN's usually reasonable. Not that it matters; if I want TV news they're the only game in town. At least this time, they did give a good description of the cartoon including the caption, enough info to let me make up my own mind.

However I did like their report on the Atty. General's comments about the segregation remaining in America: "Conservative bloggers have called his words reprehensible, but the facts say that he's correct."