Ed Rollins remarks about John Spencer’s “affair” once again is a fine example of how the New York Times covers New York politics (as opposed to say, a parlimentary election in Ukraine)
They cover it badly!
Thursday’s NY Times story on the remarks says –
“Mr. Spencer has never denied that while he was mayor, he had a long affair with his chief of staff while he was married, and had two children with her before they were married”
But the Times reporter or editors apparently didn’t read Wednesday’s Journal-News. The paper, which covers Westchester paper, had this to say–
“During most of his time as mayor, Spencer refused to discuss his relationship with Spring, who bore two children during that time and saw her annual salary increase to $138,000 from $52,000 working for Spencer.
In 2002, about a year before he was forced from office by term limits, Spencer publicly acknowledged that he had fathered Spring’s children and, after finalizing a divorce from his wife, Eileen, married Spring.”
Who to believe? A newspaper that actually covers politics and government in Yonkers or a paper that couldn’t care less about politics outside Manhattan, DC and Brussels?