Steve Boriss cuts to the chase on The New York Times and Eliot Spitzer today:
In their editorial endorsement for Spitzer for Attorney General, the Times more or less admitted he was a campaign finance crook, but told readers to vote for him anyway. And, time after time, they lauded and promoted his government attacks on private sector firms and individuals, forgetting that their First Amendment responsibility is exactly the opposite — to protect private citizens from the abuses of government. The government is the sector that has ultimate power, not businesses which are at the mercy of the marketplace.
Too many media types think their watchdog function means they should train “the big white light” (as my first editor used to call it) on the private sector. I suggest they read the Constitution and try to find all the paragraphs that show how much our Founding Fathers feared the private sector. I’ll wait. (fingers drumming on desk….)
I blame their ignorance on American education over the past 30 years.
