http://mediamatters.org/items/200605240005Author of NYT tabloid story on Clintons has checkered record
Summary: Patrick Healy, the author of a New York Times article purporting to examine the married life of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and former President Bill Clinton, wondered in a 2004 report whether Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kerry (MA), was "a bit kooky" and openly questioned "what kind of marriage the Kerrys have" while filing other erroneous stories on the Democratic nominee that fueled Republican attacks. By contrast, Healy has let another prominent New Yorker and possible presidential contender, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, escape similar personal probing in three recent stories.
Patrick Healy, the author of a front-page, above-the-fold May 23 New York Times article purporting to examine the married life of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and former President Bill Clinton, wondered in a 2004 report in The Boston Globe whether Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kerry (MA), was "a bit kooky" and openly questioned "what kind of marriage the Kerrys have" while filing other erroneous stories on the Democratic nominee that fueled Republican attacks. By contrast, Healy has let another prominent New Yorker and possible presidential contender, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, escape similar personal probing in three recent stories.
Healy, in his article, interviewed "some 50 people," conducted "a review of their
respective activities," and revived unsubstantiated rumors of an affair between Bill Clinton and a Canadian politician -- rumors that Healy himself appeared to acknowledge are better suited to "the gossip pages." However, Healy has not turned a critical eye on the marriages of Republican presidential hopefuls, or explored how the spouses of Republican candidates may affect their political future. Since April, Healy has written three articles on Giuliani. While two of the articles made mention of the former mayor's divorces, none delved into the matter in any detail, much less subjecting Giuliani to the same level of scrutiny as the Clintons' marriage received in Healy's May 23 article. .......
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