August 2, 2000

The Boston Globe editorialized for Al Gore this morning in a news story on the front page of its newspaper.

In a story by Anne E. Kornblut, the story began with the following, “Governor George W. Bush, who has long pledged to rise above personal attacks in his presidential campaign, used some of his harshest language yet to ridicule his opponent’s administration yesterday…”

The “harsh language” that Bush used was to say that Clinton was “desperate” for getting involved in the race.

In the second sentence of the story, Kornblut wrote: “Appearing amused by reports that Clinton had called him a rich kid whose ‘daddy was president,’ Bush said: ‘You know something? I welcome President Clinton’s criticism. It’s amazing to me that the president of the United States would spend time trying to be a political pundit,’ Bush said. ‘He’s so desperate to have his legacy intact by getting Al Gore elected, he’ll say anything, just like Al Gore will.’”

This was the “harsh” language that Bush used in response to questions from reporters about the personal attacks that Clinton had leveled against him the day before.

The publisher of Massachusetts News, J. Edward Pawlick, had this comment: “It’s amazing how blatant the New York Times and its subsidiary, the Boston Globe, are in their partisanship. They could be much more subtle than this, but they are obviously without shame.”
 
 

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