New York Times digital editor Heather Tal Murphy posted tweets tonight praising “superb” and “amazing” photos of the late Hugo Chavez and his supporters, receiving retweets from several of her Times colleagues. This seems a bit odd to us, seeing as Chavez waged such a spirited campaign against press freedom.
Superb photos of Chavez through the years. http://t.co/BOO47Bujj1
— Heather Tal Murphy (@heathertal) March 6, 2013
RT @heathertal: Superb photos of #Chavez through the years. http://t.co/Z9SA8uq7Np
— Randy Archibold (@randyNYT) March 6, 2013
Amazing photos of Chavez supporters in Venezuela reacting to the news http://t.co/mNKhuuK5qt via @fernandanyt
— Hanna Ingber (@HannaIngber) March 6, 2013
It’s a free country, and it’s their right to say such things. Still, that doesn’t make their adoration any less ironic, seeing how much Chavez hated independent journalism. We would love to see them say things like this in front of their Venezuelan colleagues, who were so ham-fistedly oppressed by the regime.
NYT staffers gush over Chavez pix. RT @rcarchiboldNYT RT @heathertal: Superb photos of #Chavez through the years.http://t.co/rTcrTTPvzF
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 6, 2013
.@michellemalkin Kenny Rogers "Thru The Years" plays while NYT views Chavez pics.
— Dead Buffalo (@DeadBuffaloBlog) March 6, 2013
@michellemalkin @HannaIngber @fernandaNYT I wonder why…oh yeah–> Chávezi 2006 speech at UN, calls President George W. Bush “the devil.”
— Jim Keats (@jim_keats) March 6, 2013
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@michellemalkin @HannaIngber @fernandaNYT dare to use a wide angle lens and capture the socialist party goons stoking the "mourners"
— Erik (@winefishdawg) March 6, 2013
Hugo Chavez had energy. That is indisputable. He was known to generally sleep 2-3 hours a night and consume dozens of cups of coffee a day.
— Heather Tal Murphy (@heathertal) March 6, 2013
Did we say “adoration”? The relationship between Chavez and American reporters is not quite adoration. It’s … complicated.
To clarify: These photos are suberb in the sense of a stellar edit of images made by talented photographers, telling a complicated story.
— Heather Tal Murphy (@heathertal) March 6, 2013
It’s not as if we would expect any less from the gray lady — but even the liberal media used to despise censorship. Oh well, times change.
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