Compliants Received: Is the New York Times Favoring the Republican Party?

With the election a mere eight days away, The New York Times has an overload of both Democratic and Republican stories to cover with a neutral attitude. In Thursday, October 23, 2008 paper an article on the Times front page offers a pro and con overview of both Democratic Obama and Republican McCain. The article touches on both candidate and their past experiences which would aide them in the presidency. Obama’s view of poverty comes on a personal level as he lived on the back streets of Jakarta, while McCain was a prisoner of war and learned to stand up against his countries enemies.
The Thursday Times also hosts an article claiming Obama is not experienced enough to become America’s president (A16) with another article claiming McCain is not popular with the rising Hispanic community (A17) As the business week comes to a close and Friday October 24 paper gives two facing pages with Obama’s gaining of Bush voters on the left (A18) and McCain’s ability to defy national poles and win the presidency on the right (A19).
With a paper covering such a close election during our economies economic crisis it is easy to become biased to one political party versus another. The New York Times however has maintained a balanced outlook of both parties and offers fair optimistic and pessimistic accounts of both.