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…