Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Hey NY Times

The NY Times did a nice job of collectively dislocating their shoulders patting themselves on the back for naming an unnamed editor to monitor blogs for potential "news" stories so they don't get scooped again. (By the way, it's a sad state when the public editor has to post a correction on his story.)

So here's a hand off to the Times for what should be a whack out of the park; the Obamaunists naming a "Safe School" Czar who had intimate knowledge of statutory rape and failed to report it.

Mr. Jennings brings all the sleaze of Mr. Foley. Sex and the underaged? Check. An older man? Check. Potential misbehavior by a government official? Check.

And the Jennings case brings a lot more: A "safe schools czar" who failed to report a statutory rape? An education leader who encouraged a 15-year-old student to be comfortable with sexual abuse? A federal official who ignored a law requiring him to report even the possibility of a crime?

And it is not just sex, there's a political angle, too. Since taking office, the Obama administration has been hammered by repeated breakdowns in its vetting process. Appointees who don't pay taxes. An appointee who signed on to accusations that the previous administration was complicit in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. And now an appointee who thinks sex between an adult and a 15-year-old is no big deal.

All those facts aside, from the media's perspective, the stories aren't even remotely similar. Mr. Jennings hasn't been hit with 1,400 stories or 140 or even 14. With the exception of Fox News, which discovered new audio-taped evidence in the case, Mr. Jennings' story has been ignored.

Maybe the Times thinks this guy is a Polanski relative........

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