Wednesday, August 21, 2002

Times Takes Flak on Iraq

Conservatives are railing against the NY Times for some of its coverage on the march to war in Iraq, according to Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz. "The charge," writes Kurtz, "is being led by the Weekly Standard, the Wall Street Journal editorial page and columnist Charles Krauthammer, who argue that the Times is using its front page to mobilize opposition to a U.S. attack on Iraq."

Josh Marshall has some relevant comments on this here.