"Should you believe what you read about campaign finance in editorials and commentaries in the New York Times or the Washington Post? Not necessarily. The Times and Post have long promoted reform, undoubtedly secure in the belief that restrictions on political speech by non-profit advocacy groups, as well as business corporations or unions, would never apply to the press. Editorial writers and publishers are entitled to their own opinions, of course, no matter how self-serving; but lately they seem to think they're also entitled to their own facts, refusing to acknowledge, much less correct, indisputable inaccuracies. Consider these examples -- a simple case involving the Washington Post and a complicated one involving the Times.
In a recent Washington Post column urging reversal of Citizens United, Katrina vanden Heuvel categorically declared that Russ Feingold was 'a victim of Citizen's United spending,' offering as proof of this assertion a link to a Nation interview with Feingold, where -- you might be surprised to discover -- instead of supporting vanden Heuval's claim, Feingold directly contradicts it, explicitly denying that he was a 'victim' of opposition spending."
Don't Believe All You Read in the Papers About Campaign Finance
The Atlantic:
