McCaingate: Monday Edition

We briefly mentioned earlier that New York Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt publicly slammed Bill Keller over the John McCain affair article. Hoyt sampled some of the reaction the newspaper received from readers:

Marilyn Monaco of Philadelphia, one of more than 2,400 readers to comment on The Times‘s Web site, said the newspaper “has sunk below its standards and created a salacious distraction from an otherwise substantive campaign. And for the record, I am an Obama supporter.” Terry Bledsoe of Sun Lakes, Ariz., said, “I am most disappointed in The New York Times for engaging in this sort of trash-the-candidate journalism.” A minority of readers applauded the article. “Bravo to The Times for integrity and guts,” said Rick Gore of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

However, NYU’s Jay Rosen claims that the Times was (barely) within their moral rights by publishing the piece even as a Fox News pundit called for Bill Keller to step down. Ex-Wonkette Megan Carpentier has a whole lot to say over at Glamour, as well.

And finally, we’re not going to write anything about Ralph Nader. Sorry.

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