You are here: HomeOp-ed/ReviewsOpinionThe Blinders of the (New
York) Times Wednesday, 15 June 2011 13:58  The Blinders of the
(New York) Times  Written by  Jack Kenny  Give syndicated
columnist Cal Thomas credit for coming up with apt description
of the New York Times. Thomas, a serious Christian, worried that
he might be getting a one-sided view of the world by reading the
Bible every day. So he made sure he got the opposing viewpoint
by daily reading the New York Times. Or, as he put, "Every day I
read the Bible and the New York Times, so I'll know what both
sides are saying."   That's clever, but not entirely true. While
the Bible is reliably the word of God, the New York Times is not
reliably the word of Satan. Sometimes, the Times comes down on
the side of the angels, especially when Catholic priests are
found to have been sinning like the devil. I recall finding in a
Times editorial several years ago a phrase I had not heard since
my days in the Catholic Youth Organization. Imagine finding in
the Times 