An open letter to Patrick La Forge, City Room Editor of the NYTimes, regarding t
he front-page article, "Ghosts of 1984":
Mr. La Forge,
I think the editorial thrust of this article-- to draw comparisons between the candidates of '84 and today, is a specious one and worth arguing about.
Clinton's offhand remark about Jackson having won the '84 SC primary was a major topic of conversation on talk shows yesterday and this article seems like it could have used some revising to reflect that reality. Instead of looking harder at whether the comparison between '84 and '08 is a fair one to make, this piece just goes along with a premise.
It's very easy to write a biased article under the auspices of "historical comparison". Why not an article comparing the Clinton's to the main characters of the recent film "Sweeney Todd"? Or to keep it New York, why not compare multi-millionaire trial lawyer John Edwards to multi-billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump?
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