Another thought. Why is the Times getting beaten like a dirty rug on the Kerik story by Newsday and the Daily News, not to mention Newsweek?
To date, as near as I can tell, all their coverage has focused on the increasingly threadbare excuse of the nanny problem. And they’ve made only one passing reference to Newsweek’s scoop about the 1998 arrest warrant.
(Here Kevin Drum perceptively notes how the ‘nanny problem’ is becoming Washington’s turbo-charged version of ‘wanting to spend more time with the family.’)
The Times has the big Washington bureau. And presumably they have some presence in New York City. So they should be all over this one rather than reporting it from White House-approved off-the-record comments.
Maybe they can get some leads on the story by picking up the tabs …
[ed. note: In fairness, the Times OpEd page, which operates separately from news, was ahead of the game editorializing on the problems with Kerik’s nomination.]
