Looking at Google News -- what is the NY Times up to?

[starroute]

I just went to check out Google News, and three news story blurbs caught my eye. Amazingly, all of them turned out to be from the New York Times. Is it just a coincidence, or has the Times decided it's time to go into all-out attack mode against the administration?


Playing the Religion Card
New York Times - 20 minutes ago
The Bush administration's allies are complaining that Senate opposition to William Pryor, an archconservative nominee for a top federal judgeship, is related to the fact that he is a Catholic. This is a false, cynical and divisive charge. Republicans ...


A Fresh Start Against Terror
New York Times - 20 minutes ago
The Congressional report on the intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, along with last week's warning of possible airline hijackings by Al Qaeda, are reminders that the global terrorist threat is as worrisome as ever. Unfortunately, the White ...


Shuttle Inquiry Uncovers Flaws in Communication
New York Times - 1 hour ago
As the Columbia Accident Investigation Board writes its report on the shuttle disaster, it will have to explore the critical breakdown in communication that left the leader of the mission management team without any knowledge of three requests for spy ...


(Actually, the third of these is more anti-NASA than anti-Bush. Still got to be embarrassing for the administration though.)

[w4rma]

1. The NY Times isn't going on the attack, so much as they are getting around

to reporting stuff that the administration is doing.

It's news. And it's the administration doing these things that get them in the news.