I vigorously applaud the decision of the NYT not to run the reactionary McCain’s op-ed piece while publishing Barack Obama’s. As they said it, “had no substance,” while Obama’s was simply oozing with substance. Those of us who are less educated and acquainted with journalism’s subtlties and nuances are not capabale of professionally judging what piece has substance and what does not. The Ivy League-educated editors are very, very well acquainted with substance and know what it is a mile away. That is why they did choose to publish Hamas and Mizbollah statements on their oped page in the name of “fair dialgogue.” Those pieces also had substance. Maybe if McCain learned to write with more substance, to learn what it i the eitors want and be willing to spreda more substance throughout his oped writing as the NYT editors know how to do, they would be more willing to publish him and even support his campaign as they do Obama’s.
