Look for a small — you know it’s gonna’ be buried — story in today’s Newsday regarding the paper’s editorial page editor “threatening” a Nassau County legislator over who should become presiding officer (this is an all-Democrat situation, so it has nothing to do with LRRP’s World’s political beliefs).
Naturally, Newsday and the editor, James Klurfeld, deny any threatening … saying they were simply advancing Newsday’s opinions regarding who should be presiding officer.
And Newsday’s opinion should count because why?
Lemme’ tell you something about the 600-pound media gorilla that is Newsday: this ain’t the first time an elected official has been threatened with pulled media support unless kowtowing to the paper and it won’t be the last.
But there’s no media out there with the balls — well, maybe that’s not fair. Let’s say, there’s no bigger media gorilla out there that would care to investigate this or any other charge of editorial coercion, because they’re just as guilty of this type behavior.
Ah, the media … bringing you all the news that they think they should explain to you. Or else!
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