PrintAgenda Journalism
The New York Times has pioneered the concept of "agenda journalism." Instead of following traditional concepts of objectivity and journalistic neutrality, the paper has increasingly allowed editorial opinions or news analysis to colonize its news stories.
In Sunday's New York Times, Deborah Solomon's interview with former UN weapons inspector shows that even in its questioning the Times has permitted its integrity to erode.
Solomon poses a leading question after Blix's statement that Hussein "considered it below his dignity to meet any sort of lowly creatures like international inspectors". Solomon asks "Can one say the same of certain leaders in democratic countries? Wasn't Vice—President Cheney equally dismissive of you?". Solomon compares the loathsome behavior and personality of the mass—murdered Saddam Hussein to our democratically—elected Vice—President (and by implication toPresident Bush, himself—who is later denigrated by Blix).
