The New York Boast...?

Now that I have shared a brief glimpse into my particular and sometimes peculiar passions in life, namely sports and politics, I may as well add another secret obsession to that list; The New York Post.  Those whose knowledge of the paper is limited and peripheral in nature, tend to look at it as a tabloid. However for someone who reads it on a daily basis,  with its editorials and rather large NY footprint, the Post is an insightful source for local, national, and even international news.  To say nothing of their uncanny ability to stay at the forefront in exposing corruption on a multitude of levels across the city and state; most recently of course and perhaps most notably, the Charlie Rangel tax evasion scandal. It is for this reason that today I feel a sense of shame and embarrassment as a proponent of this paper.  

On a day when the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain have decided to suspend their squabbles and politicking and to appear together at a solemn yet hopeful ceremony at the WTC sight, this was a chance for the paper to show unity amongst the citizens of this country on  a bipartisan level and amongst the residents of this city on a local level.  I'm sad to say the Post failed miserably on both accounts.  A day when the remembrance of the tragic events of 9/11 is the clear priority, the Post squandered this remarkable opportunity.  Instead they chose to once again revisit the pig and lipstick political soap opera with nothing else but a big front page  picture of....well......you guessed it, a pig in lipstick.

What compounds this mistake other than my blog of course is that every other paper in NY was able to discern between right and wrong today.  The NY Post clearly got it wrong, while the Daily News, the NY Times, the Metro and AM New York all got it right.

On a personal note, this city has done a lot for me and I can only hope that the strength and the unity and regeneration you see in this city on days like this serves as a microcosm for what this country can and will do going forward regardless of who wins.