"A New York Times Reporter Tips His Hand"

Eugene Volokh:

That's the title of a post from Heather Mac Donald (Secular Right); here's an excerpt, though you should read the whole post:

In the course of a column blasting media entrepreneur Steven Brill's new book on the school reform movement, New York Times reporter Michael Winerip inadvertently sets out his economic assumptions. A revelation of an entire world view does not get any more crystalline than this. (Regarding education, Winerip almost equally tellingly criticises Brill for not showing enough respect to teachers and teachers unions.)

Winerip lists several of Brill's sources -- the "millionaires and billionaires who attack the unions and steered the Democratic Party to their cause" -- then adds:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 4, 2011 1:05 AM
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