The NY Times, Charmed by Jon Stewart’s Shtick on the Mall, Skips Inconvenient Facts
The New York Times was clearly enchanted by Comedy Central host Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” held on the National Mall on Saturday afternoon. Brian Stelter and Sabrina Tavernise reported the story on Sunday, “ At Washington Rally by Two Satirists, Thousands — Billions? — Respond .” While Stelter and Tavernise nailed the political tone as “overwhelmingly liberal,” the rally's agenda didn't stop them and other Times reporters from enjoying the rally both in print and through live blogging while hyping the numbers for a gathering that was apparently smaller than the one held two months ago in D.C., “Restoring Honor,” sponsored by Fox News host Glenn Beck. The print edition story ran with a photo of Stewart and Stephen Colbert with Yusuf Islam, the former singer Cat Stevens, who supported the deadly fatwa against novelist Salman Rushdie in 1989 (more on that later).
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