The NYT managing editor explains why they didn’t cover the Van Jones controversy until it was all over:
One reason was that our Washington bureau was somewhat short-staffed during the height of the pre-Labor Day vacation period.
(Via the Corner.)
One imagines that if a senior Bush administration adviser had been revealed as a raving lunatic, the NYT would have found a way to free up someone to cover the story.
UPDATE: A New York Post column takes a look at the stories the NYT was able to cover while it was ignoring Van Jones. (Via Instapundit.)
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