by the Left Coast Rebel

Another instance this morning of journalistic malpractice from the New York Times. In an effort to stretch to the most preposterous nether-regions of Palin Derangement Syndrome, the New York Times got a hold of the voice actor that played ‘Ellen’ from the Family Guy episode that poked fun at Sarah Palin’s son Trig Palin, who also has down syndrome. The New York Times then interviews Andrea Fay Friedman (the actress), who says that Palin ‘doesn’t not have a sense of humor’ and that the episode was simple ‘sarcasm’. Should we be surprised that The New York Times essentially supports attacks on people with down syndrome as long as another person with down syndrome justifies it? What kind of reasoning is that?

Have you ever heard of something so absurd? This is even more absurd than the anti-Tea Party ‘invsestigative journalist’ David Barstow (that Shaun and I are trying to expose for liberal journalistic malfeasance). The individual responsible for this article is a certain Dave Itzkoff.

To repeat – if I take the New York Times’ approach, should the lesson that I take away today be that it is perfectly ok to use people with down syndrome as props for comedic relief? Or perhaps that would only be comedy-appropriate as long as the actor/actress that is making fun of people with down syndrome (or portraying someone that is) also has down syndrome?

This is the kind of circular reasoning and ‘ends justify the means’ that herald from far-left press outlets such as the New York Times. They reach, grasp, contort and stretch the truth far enough and bend the rules to any extreme possible – as long as a conservative (or non-leftist) is the target. It’s about time that Americans simply boycott and refuse to patronize the New York Times in any shape, matter or form.

I guess, unless you are a blogger that must point out just why we need to do that. For myself, the New York Times will remain a necessary evil until they are driven into obscurity.

Via Memeorandum, Lucianne