Is the NY Post supposed to be a source of serious news?

[ProSense]

From Carpetbagger

January 12, 2007

Boxer, Rice, and the dumbest ‘controversy’ of the day

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This piece in Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post seems to be the source of all the commotion.

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Following the NY Post’s lead, conservative bloggers have been in a frenzy, accusing Boxer or everything from callousness, to anti-feminism, to homophobia.

I’m afraid these critics have lost their collective minds.

In the context of the hearing, Boxer was talking about the costs of the war being shouldered by a small portion of American society, and that those sacrifices generally aren’t felt by senators or cabinet secretaries. It was a point about personal sacrifice — and how thousands of families are paying the ultimate personal price for this misguided war.

The NY Post accused Boxer of arguing that Rice isn’t “qualified” to be Secretary of State because she has no children. That’s insane; Boxer said nothing of the sort. The senator merely noted that neither she nor Rice stand to lose any close relatives in this conflict. That doesn’t have anything to do with either of their qualifications or their personal lives.

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I believe this is the case of a RW rag doing its typical wingnutty reporting.

[LiberalEsto]

1. About as serious as Fox nt

[ncrainbowgrrl]

2. no, but it's the perfect size for reading on the subway

And has a decent sports section, IIRC;

[gratuitous]

3. No

This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.

[kskiska]

4. A lot of people buy it for the sports pages

and racing results. The "news" section is pretty small, actually. Then there are the gossip pages. It's trash.

[Adelante]

5. It was once New York's great liberal newspaper

RIP Dorothy Schiff