Newsbusters shows the surest way to get a letter published in the prestigious New York Times, claim to be a “lifelong Republican” and then proceed to criticize Republicans.
Henry A. Lowenstein, who has managed to get 20 different letters published in the New York Times since 2003, a remarkable feat when you consider that the Times (by its own admission) receives around 1,000 letters a day and prints only 15 on its letters page.
Click here to read the full post, which includes excerpts from some of this “lifelong Republican’s” letters.
Not surprisingly, the “lifelong Republican” meme works with most MSM outlets.