A Series of Articles You Will Not See at NYT

Cybercast News Service covers Manuel Miranda.

First, an article last Friday:

The former Republican counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee has told CNSNews.com that the quest for money, more than liberal political ideology, is what drives the most effective special interest groups — abortion lobbyists, trial lawyers and labor unions — fighting against President Bush's conservative judicial nominees.

"What would be truly shocking to the American people is the profit motive that is involved," Manuel Miranda said.

Miranda resigned under pressure from Democrats angry that he read memos on a shared government computer detailing Democratic senators' and liberal activists' plans to derail those nominees.

He told CNSNews.com Wednesday — during the first in-depth interview since his resignation — that the abortion industry and trial lawyers are behind the most powerful efforts to keep conservative jurists off the federal bench....

Second, another article, this Monday (quoted ellipsis in original):

Democrats have compared Manuel Miranda to, perhaps, the most famous political burglars in American history. But the former Senate Judiciary Committee GOP counsel told CNSNews.com last week — in the first in-depth interview since his resignation — that he did nothing wrong by reading Democrats' strategy memos, stored on a government computer shared by Republicans. More importantly, he believes the focus of the investigation into the memos is misplaced.

Miranda, who resigned from his job with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) earlier this month, credits committee Democrats and their allied liberal special interest groups with "a very clever move ... to create this impression that there was another 'Washington leak' investigation when, in fact, there was no leak." ....

Next, Miranda's resignation letter (emphasis in original):

(Editor's Note: The following is the February 9, 2004 letter by Manuel Miranda, announcing his departure as counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist)

Today I announce my departure as Counsel to the Senate Majority Leader, Dr. Bill Frist. I have departed so as not to distract the Leader from pursuing a needed legislative agenda for the American people. My departure will also allow me to speak freely and seek to return the focus of the Democrat documents investigation where it should have stayed — on the substance of the Democrat documents themselves and the abuse of the public trust that they spell out, both the few that are public and the many that remain unpublished and are now in the possession of the Sergeant at Arms....

Last, an article this Tuesday:

The former Republican counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee is "disappointed" that Republican senators have not defended him more forcefully for uncovering Democrat memos laying out plans to derail President Bush's judicial nominees. Manuel Miranda said he has done nothing wrong and believes he deserves an apology from his accusers.

"My first reaction was disappointment in men who I had raised up as heroes," Miranda told CNSNews.com, referring to the Republican leaders he formerly served. He seemed especially hurt by the reaction of his former supervisor, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

"I certainly do not fault him for having an investigation to determine whether or not there was a hacking," Miranda said. "The fault lies in doing it in such a way that it was allowed to distract from the substance of the memos and doing it in such a way as to suggest that the disclosure to the public of these documents was wrong." ....

Now, I'll grant you, maybe I haven't done it right; but my search reveals that the New York Times has published a grand total of two articles that so much as mention Manuel Miranda.

Don't you think it's strange, Faithful Reader, that NYT isn't squawking about racism here? I mean, an Hispanic was sacked by the Republicans! Besides, don't you think this is the sort of story that NYT would usually be all over? I mean, an Hispanic was sacked by the Republicans! Moreover, if "conservative" publications ignored a story like this, don't you think NYT would accuse them of collusion in racism? I mean, an Hispanic was sacked by the Republicans!

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 02/26/04 09:36:17 PM
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