Hmm, I guess is wasn't just me. MSNBC reports on the NYTimes' new editorial slant. In passing, it debunks the Al Gore/Tom Daschle claim that the right wing controls the press:

But it�s the Times that drives the nation�s news agenda�and therefore presents the biggest target. Every day, when its editors send out a list of the next day�s front-page stories, papers around the country alter their lineups�or just run the Times�s stories in their entirety. �The Times has so much accumulated reputational capital that stories that are really ideological are presented as accurate news stories, and can mislead the public,� says Dave Kopel, a conservative press critic with Denver�s Rocky Mountain News.

And to think that we were told we had a free press in this country. Apparently the Times has decided that it no longer has to exercise its quiet control in the background. It's Elsworth Toohey time.