Prominent Republican Gets Actual Death Threat, NYT Suddenly Drops Conc

Clay Waters
March 30th, 2010 2:53 PM
After devoting several stories to unsubstantiated allegations of racism and spitting by Tea Party protesters last weekend, the New York Times almost ignored an actual death threat made against a top Republican, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 Republican in the House, that resulted in the first actual arrest since the alleged wave of threats against politicians began.Norman Leboon of…