[Vision2020] New York Times acts like Joe Campbell

[No Weatherman]

Yesterday the New York Times did a puff ho job on the long-standing
personal and professional connection between Barrack Hussein Obama and
domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, dismissing the connection as
irrelevant:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

But law professor and attorney Steve Diamond has been ahead of the
Times for some time, with his research dovetailing very neatly with
Stanley Kurtz.

Thankfully, Steve Diamond is a professor who can frame an argument as
well as follow one, without resorting to the ol' "I don't know what
you mean" (which is a variant of the "You don't know what I mean")
rhetorical game, contra Dr. Campbell.

Diamond summarizes the Times' story thus:

·	"a young entrepreneur comes up with a great idea for a new product
but has no money to finance its development, marketing and production.
·	"He approaches a well known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley
(where I have lived, practiced law and taught since 1995) and secures
$50 million in funding.
·	"He then recruits a prominent engineering professor from a major
university for his board of directors.
·	"And then without any discussion with the entrepreneur or the
venture capital firm that professor proceeds on his or her own to
recruit another board member and announces, unilaterally, to the VC
firm and to the founding entrepreneur that this individual is to be
the Chairman of the board and President of the new company.
·	"Oh, and by the way, this individual is a recent law school graduate
who has no background in the company's line of business, no financial
resources of his own to bring to the table, and no contacts with
others in the business of the company."

The Times pretended that Diamond misunderstood/misread the story.

Here is a summary of Diamond's reporting:
http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/10/where-are-we-now-update-on-ayersobama.html

Here is a list of follow-up posts from Diamond addressing the Times:

Obama/Ayers Update: White Wash by the Gray Lady? New York Times
Ignores Evidence of Ayers' Role in Annenberg Board Selection:
http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/09/obamaayers-update-letters-show-bill.html

Obama/Ayers Update: New York Times' Shane defends himself on Politico.com:
http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamaayers-update-new-york-times-shane.html

Obama/Ayers Update: NY Times Responds Again to Global Labor:
http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamaayers-update-ny-times-responds.html

For other Hussein/Ayers reports, search his blog for "Ayers."