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January 29, 2007
NY Times Reporter Chastised For Wanting USA to Win
Posted by Dave Blount at January 29, 2007 9:58 AM
Here's some truly shocking news: a New York Times reporter publicly expressed a desire that America win the war in Iraq. Naturally military correspondent Michael Gordon was quickly slapped back into line.
Here's what Gordon let slip on PBS's "Charlie Rose" show regarding our efforts to defend democracy in Iraq:
So I think, you know, as a purely personal view, I think it's worth it [sic] one last effort for sure to try to get this right, because my personal view is we've never really tried to win. We've simply been managing our way to defeat. And I think that if it's done right, I think that there is the chance to accomplish something.
When the Gray Hag's moonbat readership came down on Gordon like a ton of bricks, "readers' representative" Byron Calame complained on their behalf to the paper's top editors. From Washington bureau chief Philip Taubman's response:
I would agree with you that he stepped over the line on the "Charlie Rose" show. I have discussed the appearances with Michael and I am satisfied that the comments on the Rose show were an aberration. They were a poorly worded shorthand for some analytical points about the military and political situation in Baghdad that Michael has made in the newspaper in a more nuanced and unopinionated way. He agrees his comments on the show went too far.
No, wanting us to win certainly isn't "nuanced." By "unopinionated," Taubman must mean, "not expressing opinions a moonbat wouldn't agree with." Left-wing opinionating is ubiquitous in the Slimes, from the front page to the sports page.
No doubt realizing that he had jeopardized his career, Gordon apparently accepted his castigation with meek humility. Calame reports that the "line drawn correctly by Mr. Taubman" was "accepted honorably by Mr. Gordon."
