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Nyah!

5 comments on Nyah!

Nyah!

: Wonkette on my least-favorite TV critic:

So Fox News is demanding that the NYT print some kind of correction to Alessandra Stanley’s piece that described the net as “the conservative cable network.” The Times’s culture editor, Steven Erlanger, sees things differently: “Our decision was that Alessandra, writing as a critic, is well within her rights to call Fox pretty much whatever she wants.”

Continued Erlanger: Nyah-nyah-nah-nah!

OK, seriously — we’re confused: Someone’s complaining about Fox being called “conservative,” but we can’t get Erlanger to apologize for calling Stanley a “critic”?

5 responses to “Nyah!”

  1. Andy Avatar
    Andy

    The appellation “conservative” is used to diminish the person/place/thing to which it is applied. Since the term “liberal” is almost never applied by the same source that applies “conservative”, the conclusion is that it is not intended to enhance, expand or improve the views that follow.
    The people who call seeking my money for subscriptions will happily argue that the NYTimes is NOT a “liberal” newspaper. One would think that being a “liberal” would be a guarantee of acceptance. Instead it seems some horrid insult.

  2. A_Reader Avatar
    A_Reader

    Wow. She made a whole post without referencing that someone is a closeted gay. Or making a witty comment about a$$f&^$ing. Or that Kerry picture…

  3. David Broadus Avatar
    David Broadus

    For the lastest in news and views, and more links than you can follow, check out All Things Political or my new Blog All Things Political for my rants on the news of the day.

  4. Joel Avatar
    Joel

    Ha! not bloody likely.

  5. Steve Rhodes Avatar
    Steve Rhodes

    It is as silly for Fox to ask for a correction for being called a conservative news network as it was for them to sue over the use of fair & balanced in the title of Al Franken’s book.
    The NYT frequently uses the work liberal (to describe Air America is just one of many examples).