New York Times Makes Life Yet Worse for Paterson

Like a flock of vultures trailing the hobbled survivor of a desert plane crash, The New York Times continues to wind tighter and tighter circles around New York Governor David Paterson. Paterson has already ended his campaign to seek a full term as governor, thanks to a Times report tying him and his administration to improper interference in an assault case against his close aide, David Johnson. Last night, he Times Web site revealed that Paterson told state worker Deneane Brown to tell the Johnson’s accuser, “Tell her the governor wants her to make this go away.”