Monday, June 25, 2007

TIMESWATCH: PROMOTING TRAVEL BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Yesterday's Sunday New York Times Travel section features a cover-plus-centerfold spread hyping travel to . . . Damascus.

Dr. Assad blows up anti-Syrian politicians in Lebanon, provides material aid to terrorists targeting American troops & civilians, oppresses the Syrian population, but the New York Times still wants to inveigle its latte-sipping Upper West Side devotees into spending their after-tax dollars in Damascus . . .

Reliapundit claims that 75% of the time, the Times features anti-American dictatorships as its favored travel destinations.

In this new Astute Bloggers feature, the Punditarian is going to keep track . . .

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