Agenda setter in denial about own agenda setting (Signifying Nothing: how does saying nothing at all become so loud?)

Wednesday, 6 April 2005

Agenda setter in denial about own agenda setting

You have to admit that The New York Times has quite a bit of testicular fortitude to publish the following paragraph with a straight face:

Two years ago, the Masters tournament was ensnared in a debate over the absence of women in the Augusta National membership, a debate spearheaded by Martha Burk, the chairwoman of the National Council of Women’s Organizations.

Then again, maybe the Grey Lady is just hoping its readership will forget that Howell Raines was ever employed by the paper.

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