New York Times

The New York Times has a story today about the race between Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) and U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-Portland).

The Times singles Collins out as a Republican who was able to survive in an election cycle where many of her colleagues struggle for their political lives. They point to Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) and John Sununu (R-N.H.) as examples. Both are in tough reelection fights.

Reporter David Herszenhorn wrote:

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Republican Party went after Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Thursday for "perpetuating a leftwing blog conspiracy about voter registration challenges." The situation came about after a Michigan-based website misstated an Ohio GOP official's comments in an article that said Republicans were planning to challenge homeowners on foreclosure lists to keep them from voting. 

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Gov. Jon Corzine met with New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. “to register a sense of serious disappointment that we weren't seeing the kind of coverage that I think would be good for The New York Times' distribution as well as, certainly, the public,” according to a report in the New York Observer.  Corzine says he complained about the “infrequency of coverage” and how the NYT has essentially closed their news operations in Newark and Trenton.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE NEW YORK OBSERVER STORY.

An observation on how the New York Times’ coverage of New Jersey has changed over the years: when Bergen County Republican Chairman Anthony Statile resigned in 1973, the New York Times wrote five separate stories on the special election to replace him – but did not cover the passage of the state budget in 2008.  The promotion of David Chen from Trenton to New York City Hall ends a chain of highly influential New Jersey-based New York Times reporters (like Joseph Sullivan, Ronald Sullivan, David Halbfinger and David Kocieniewski) that influenced New Jersey politics as much as any in-state newspaper.  As recently as 2001 and 2002, the NYT played a key role in ending the political careers of Gov. Donald DiFrancesco and U.S. Sen. Bob Torricelli.

John Edwards admission that he lied and dismissed reports of an affair with Rielle Hunter, a filmmaker hired to cover his presidential campaign, may have ended his public life, but did it also signify an end to the era in which the mainstream media controlled the agenda for national political journalism?

John Edwards admission that he lied and dismissed reports of an affair with Rielle Hunter, a filmmaker hired to cover his presidential campaign, may have ended his public life, but did it also signify an end to the era in which the mainstream media controlled the agenda for national political journalism?

With now less than 100 days to go until the presidential election, the veepstakes race is reportedly narrowing. The problem with the news reports is a gender bias that seems to keep cracking its head open on the glass ceiling.

To its credit, The New York Times public editor recently took a hard look at its own coverage -- "Pantsuits and the Presidency." In the column, Clark Hoyt quoted two experts that noted The Times did a better job than others in the media on the newsroom sexism measuring stick.