If you think the New York Times...

...is a liberal newspaper, you're in good company; I saw a piece once by the Public Editor in which he admitted as much.

On the front page of today's edition, however, the Times has a scathing critique of Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate from Connecticut. Apparently, Blumenthal has given the impression over the years that he served in Vietnam; he actually obtained five deferments before enlisting in the Marine Reserve and serving in Washington, D. C.

(Comically, it has also been reported that Blumenthal was the captain of the swim team at Harvard; he was never on the squad.)

But kudos to the New York Times for publishing a piece critical of a candidate one would assume they were supporting. (I've always thought the Times was a balanced paper.) But can you imagine Fox or the Wall Street Journal running an article about a Republican that wasn't flattering? I can't; it just wouldn't fit their narrative.