Well Played New York Times !!

The New York Times believes in "balance" as we all know.


So, to "balance" President Obama's strong electoral support among women, the nation's newspaper of record went a'hunting.

'Who can we come up with to provide a little bit of balance to Obama?  

'Got it!  

'Let's find a millionaire Barnard graduate and ask her to declare that President Obama demeans women.'

Check.

'We'll have our balancer-millionaire Barnard graduate focus on a Barnard graduation speech - not on substantive policy.' 

Check.

'We'll have our balancer-millionaire Barnard graduate ignore Clinton at the Department of State, Sibelius at HHS, and even Napolitano at Homeland Security.' 

Check.

'Our balancer-millionaire Barnard grad must ignore these women , so as to be able to complain, in our op-ed headline, 

"Obama: 

Stop Condescending to Women"

Check.

'We'll have our balancer-millionaire put words in Obama's mouth - “Behind every great man is a great woman.” - stuff he has never said -

Check 

' . . . and then criticize Obama for the "fake praise" which is "so tired" but which Obama has never uttered.' 

Check. 

'But it's all about the economy, so we gotta find someone who is not above putting in something about noble but struggling women - who do not want any government help. At all.'

Check 

'Got it! 'Let's have our balancer-millionaire refer sympathetically to some of her unnamed but poor-yet-dignified relatives who are said to say: we are in a tough spot but we prefer it that way. No g'vment handouts for us! - our balancer can, say this for them.'

Check. 

 'And there is no need for our balancer millionaire Barnard graduate to point out that her hard-hit relations were hardest hit by George Bush's inattention and his administration's gimicky give-to-the-rich budget numbers, and that Obama is trying to get this fixed.'

Perfect!

'But what if we can't find a female millionaire Barnard grad who will do all this 'balance' for us?'

What to do . . . what to do . . . Prob solved:

'Let's just mosey on over to the Romney campaign and find the wife of a staffer or adviser or whatever - and get her to do it. 

Pluperfect! 

Well played New York Times.


SOURCE:


Campbell Brown: Obama, Condescending to Women 

"Fact-Based" Ad Riddled With Falsehoods | Media Matters for America

According to Fox News' Hannity: 


a new "American Crossroads" anti-Obama ad is effective because it is "fact based" - 

HANNITY: [. . .] Why do you say this is the best one? [. . .] 

LUNTZ: It was fact-based, not assertions.

But according to MediaMatters: the new ad

"Is Actually Overflowing With Falsehoods"

Examples:


The ad asserts: 

80 PERCENT OF GREEN ENERGY MONEY WENT TO 

"JOBS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES"

&

OBAMA ADMIN. "ADMITTED" $2.3 BILLION OF TAX CREDITS "WENT OVERSEAS"

These statements are distortions. The fact is: 

"The Department of Energy estimated that 82,000 jobs have been created and has acknowledged that as much as 80 percent of some green programs, including $2.3 billion of manufacturing tax credits, went to foreign firms that employed workers primarily in countries including China, South Korea and Spain, rather than in the United States. [The Washington Times, 9/9/10]

SOURCE - Media Matters for America, and the link:


Hannity And Luntz Promote "Fact-Based" Ad That Is Actually Riddled With Falsehoods | Media Matters for America