NYT Can’t Forgive Donahue for Being Right on Iraq

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NYT Can’t Forgive Donahue for Being Right on Iraq

The New York Times (8/19/24) insinuated that Phil Donahue attributed to politics a cancellation that was really caused by low ratings. If I were teaching a class called “How to Slime People in a Subtle, Scuzzy Way in the New York Times,” this paragraph from the Times‘ obituary (8/19/24) of Phil Donahue—written by Clyde Haberman, Maggie’s father—would be part of the curriculum: In 2002, Mr. Donahue tried a comeback with a nightly talk show on MSN…