When Did The NYT Go Tabloid?

I'm embarrassed for the Old Gray Lady. It's apparent the long-revered liberal-leaning newspaper slipped up on its much-debated John McCain story. The piece recounts his friendship with a female lobbyist and alleges favoritism resulted from the relationship. Even an informal poll on CNN shows a vast majority - 70% the last time I saw it - don't believe the story will have any impact on his run for the presidency.

That was obviously the goal of the piece, though. There's no evidence in the story to support any of the allegations. It appears the item was run mostly as a smear attempt, which is usually the territory of tabloids, not newspapers that used to pride themselves on publishing objective truths.

For the record I'm not a big McCain fan. But I have tremendous respect for his contributions. It's clear he's dedicated his life to serving this country. That cannot be logically debated. Sending the FTC a letter requesting that the agency accelerate a long-stalled review is no crime; let's be clear, McCain did not seek preferential treatment for anyone. Still, that's all the NYT could find, I suspect, and I guess they felt they had to do something to discredit the obvious Republican nominee.

And old economy news outlets wonder why their revenues are tanking... I suspect the news space could have much better invested reviewing the potential impact on history Democratic superdelegates may have should they override the popular citizenry's actual voting and side with Ms. Clinton due to long-standing political ties.