The New York Times Suffers a Cannon’s Broadside

There occurs now and then a journalistic accounting that is as marvelous as it is shocking, especially for those of us who’ve become numb to bad journalism and unsubstantiated smear passing as investigative work. Carl Cannon, the Washington bureau chief for RealClearPolitics, has delivered a broadside to the New York Times from out of the fog.

In the piece, he details every structural and ethical failure in the Times‘ reporting about his publication. More than that, the article sets the tone for 2024 as RCP, the Times, AP, and 538 prepare to convey election information to the...