N.Y. Post Accused of Anti-Obama Bias
By Don | November 11, 2009
A former editor at the N.Y. Post says the paper is on a mission to destroy Barack Obama
From the Politico
Sandra Guzman, a former editor at the New York Post, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer with allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination and "unlawful employment practices and retaliation."
Huffington Post has the 36-page complaint, which details instances of sexual harassment involving top editor Col Allan. While those charges will likely get the most attention, Guzman — who spoke up against a controversial Post cartoon earlier this year — claims that the paper is out to get Obama.
"The Post's decision to publish the racist cartoon was part of a concerted effort at the Company to undermine President Obama's authority and attack the first African-American President in this country's history."
Guzman also claims that D.C. bureau chief Charlie Hurt "and a high ranking journalist at the newspaper had confirmed to [her] that the Post had such a policy in place, telling her that the Post's 'goal is to destroy Barack Obama. We don't want him to succeed.'" (Hurt didn't respond to HuffPo.)
“This lawsuit has no merit and is based on charges that are groundless," a Post spokesperson said in a statement to POLITICO. "As previously stated, Ms. Guzman’s position was eliminated when the section she edited was discontinued due to a decline in advertising sales.”
The Post's editorial page — viewed as a window into Rupert Murdoch's head — endorsed Obama in the Democratic primary but went with John McCain in the general election.
It would hardly be news that the Post is not fond of the president and his policies but the idea that any paper would be out to destroy him - especially the Post - is ludicrous. The Post is known more for salacious headlines and gossip than hard news. Plus after it raised the price of the paper to 50 cents a day from 25 cents recently the circulation plummeted bringing into question any influence the paper has on the national agenda.
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Jeff, Wes NEVER has any credible sources for his claims.
I’ve been waiting for some time for him to provide proof of his claim that Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh are all esteemed members of Mensa and that Beck challenged Olbermann and Maddow to an IQ test!
He’s a garden variety conservative liar and hypocrite. Good for laughs, but nothing else.
cynical,
Your problem is you constantly make your own unsubstantiated claims without a source.
The difference between you and I, are that I have been on both sides. To this day I listen to the so-called MSM and Fox, and what is that ratio. I am waiting for the completion of Fox Television the put a Nightly News show directly competing with the same people who do not get cable or satellite. It is to be broadcast on every local Fox affiliate in the Nation.
In essence an new voice in the MSM.
As I see it, you already have a dog (many dogs) in this fight, when 99% of all MSM, including print, are all Obamanista followers (gosh, that sounds so much like Marxism, dose it not), it is difficult for anyone else to get a word in edgewise. What is bad, is they “opposite of the Dark Side”, they do not have to be interviewed to be castigated, if fact they would rather have it that way.
But we can always wait for the Mid-Terms and the 2012 elections for me to prove my point.
And lets make this clear, as far as calling myself and others on OUR site “Liars Hypocrites” immediately removes any credibility you may have had, which I doubt. That is only another way to ignore the truth (you only have a fleeting meaning of the real word).
Where are all those jobs “The One” promised us? There aren’t any, due to the fact that without Capitalism, job creation on a large scale is not possible,in fact that is where he would get all the taxes he needs to make a dent to pay off his out of control spending. He completely ignored Small Businesses, which produces almost 70% of jobs, most of those have gone under.
How much more does he have to do to convince you he is systematically destroying the Greatest Nation on Earth. Nero played the violin, Obama plays golf and basketball while the country dies.
Intelligent people know that when your opponent resorts to name calling, it is because you have lost the debate.
November 12 at 10:35 am | #1 | Link
Jeff, not too sure where you get your information, but in the O’Reilly case, Fox News Producer Andrea Markris did not file anything against O’Reilly until a day after Fox bosses extortion suit they filed against Mackris and her lawyer Benedict Morelli. (October 13, 2004)
The 55 pages of “supposed” verbal claims were so outrageous, even her own Lawyer thought she had made them up. With 55 pages, one would think someone else had heard a comment, or if Macris’s supposed tapes she said she had made would have sealed the deal, and no settlement would be needed.
Murdoch paid her $2 Million dollars, she got $1 Million the other ($1 Million to her Attorney) on an undisclosed deal regarding her job; however she did leak some of what the deal included. She said on the Huffington Post, that she what she had done, agreed to be released by News Corp with a full pension, five years of salary paid up front, and agreed to never speak of the case again.
Included in the claim against O’Reilly, claims were also filed against Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch, and her replacement, WHILE she was still working at Fox. Aliles’ had demoted her from Producer to Associate Producer. due to her lack of acumen and losing advertising deals, Management felt she needed to learn more before taking another producers job. Also during the interview with the Huffington Post, she repeated some of the so-called claims of what she then admitted she made up. The article was then pointed out to the News Corp Lawyers, then took copies of it to the Judge, She was found guilty of failing to abide by the legal arrangement, and had to pay back the $2 Million dollars.
To boil the whole thing down, she was pissed off at being demoted, and that O’Reilly was innocent of the charges. All the investigators found on her computer were political emails putting O’Reilly down looking for another job with an evening News Producer for a National Broadcasting station.
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As for as the Washington Post goes, they are still allowed their opinions, until at which time Obama takes away free speech. It also was not mentioned that the toons were drawn and worded by a Hispanic male, who signs his work with just his last name, Jimenez.
I have seen most all of his daily cartoons, there is nothing “Racist” about them, most are about Health Care, and indecision. But with Obama and his followers, the Obamanista’s being so thin skinned, they think just because you do not agree with a Black President, that one must be a racist to question anything he does.
The Post is probably one of the more fair newspapers out there, they are not exactly bastions of Conservatism, but they do sometimes tell the other side’s view, one that none of the Pro Obama LFM (Liberal Fringe Media) will ever print. But, then again, you did see when all the Broadcast News Networks pulled together and supported Fox News on the interview with the Pay Czar, Kenneth Feinberg (now an Advisor).
The White House said all major news outlets could interview Feinberg except for Fox News. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS all told the White House that they would not interview Feinberg if Fox was unable to interview him also. When the Media feels threatened, they will stand up for one another, because you never know who’s next off the list.
Hey George Orwell, you book “1984” just came true.