Liberal Senator Who Left the GOP Hailed By NBC As 'A Giant of Vermont

Tim Graham
August 23rd, 2014 10:31 PM
When conservative Sen. Jesse Helms died in 2008, Brent Bozell wrote about how NBC substitute anchor Lester Holt could only talk about what he opposed: "He staked out firm positions against everything from communism and foreign aid to civil rights and modern art." NBC reporter Martin Savidge called Helms an "ultra-rightist." But when Sen. Jim Jeffords died – a man best known for leaving the…
 

New York Times' Weber Hounds Republicans, Even in Obituary Section

Clay Waters
August 19th, 2014 8:59 AM
An obituary by the New York Times' Bruce Weber for Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, a soft Republican who swung Senate control to the Democrats when he disavowed his party and went independent ("Jim Jeffords, Who Altered Power in Senate, Dies at 80") appeared in Tuesday's edition. The most ideological label Weber could find for Jeffords, who made headlines in 2001 when he defected from the GOP to…