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>>That isn't some wacko opinion unique to me. The Times is generally considered the best newspaper in the world.
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>Certainly by the Times. Do the names Walter Duranty and Jason Blair mean anything to you? Do you know anything of "Pinch" Sulzberger?
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>(this is just a randomly culled taste - there is so much more it isn't worth googling it for you)
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>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35859

It isn't just their own opinion. They have the best writers, the best sources, the best access. Not to mention way more Pulitzers than any other paper.

I know who Jayson Blair was. Not familiar with Walter Duranty, am guessing he was another con man. The fact that a con man or two slipped through the system doesn't make it a lousy paper.

I also know who Punch Sulzburger was, but am not sure what point you are making there.