Quote Originally Posted by peverblue View Post
A: I believe not that the people at the NYT think they are being objective, but simply that they want readers to think that they are so more people will by their paper and so that they will have greater credibility.
Actually, if you know anything about the history of NYT, you'll know that this was exactly their marketing angle when they were founded in the middle of the Yellow Kid tabloid wars. (Hence the phrase "yellow journalism.")

Quote Originally Posted by peverblue View Post
EVERYONE is biased, and every media outlet is biased. When when fools itself and tries to fool others into thinking that they are not, it is harder to take anything they say seriously when they are not upfront about where they are coming from.
I've heard of moral relativism, but this is the first case for factual relativism I've seen laid out. A question: From your perspective, is there any difference in credibility between a pure blog/opinion site (such as Daily Kos or WorldNewsDaily) and a site that attempts to perform actual reporting (such as The Economist or AP)?