Who is this David M. Herszenhorn in the New York Times ?

[TheCoxwain]

His opening line for the article was a slant ...

Title: Obama Renews Health Care Push

Opening Line: WASHINGTON — As President Obama began a new push to overhaul the health system, Democratic Congressional leaders, bowing to unease among lawmakers and governors in their own party on Monday, suggested scaling back a plan to tax top earners to pay for the sweeping legislation and signaled a retreat from their ambitious timetable.


This made me suspicious


He seems to be covering the health care for the paper ..

A search of his articles yielded this

Obama Renews Health Care Push
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR
After Congressional leaders signaled a retreat from their timetable, President Obama made clear on Tuesday that he would keep up the pressure for action.
July 22, 2009

Democrats May Limit Tax Increase for Health Plan
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR
Congressional leaders suggested scaling back a plan to tax top earners and signaled a retreat from their timetable.
July 21, 2009
Democrats Grow Wary as Health Bill Advances
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Despite progress, Democrats face a tight legislative deadline and basic questions about whether their health proposals might do more harm than good.
July 18, 2009

Health Care Vote Illustrates Partisan Divide
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
The party-line Senate committee vote showed a lack of political consensus on a major policy overhaul.
July 16, 2009
House Health Plan Outlines Higher Taxes on Rich
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Democrats introduced a health care bill that would expand coverage and raise taxes on high-income people.
July 15, 2009
Obama Prods Lawmakers in Meeting on Health Bill
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ROBERT PEAR; DAVID M. HERSZENHORN CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.
President Obama summoned top Democrats to the White House to urge them to stick to his legislative timetable he wants Congress to pass bills before the August recess.
July 14, 2009
Leaders in House Seek to Tax Rich for Health Plan
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
The proposal, a clear expression of Democrats’ perceived mandate, calls for a surtax on individuals earning at least $280,000, but it faces hurdles in both chambers of Congress.
July 11, 2009
Obama Student Loan Plan Wins Support in House
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
The plan, which would end the role of banks in federal student loans, faces strong industry opposition.
July 11, 2009
Democrats Are at Odds on Financing Health Care
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
House Democrats planned to propose a tax increase on the wealthy to pay for an overhaul of the health system, an idea the Senate has all but dismissed.
July 10, 2009
Democrats Divide Over a Proposal to Tax Health Benefits
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
An effort by Senator Max Baucus to develop compromise health care legislation has come under sharp assault by fellow Democrats.
July 9, 2009




Who the fuck is this guy and what is he doing in Nytimes? Does he have an agenda?

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Apparently this Herzehorn clown has a history of repeating Repuke talking points

Here's a HuffPo article about his bias from last November.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/journalists-spin-for-repu_b_143936.html

[TheCoxwain]

2. Where there is smoke there has to be fire .....

[TheCoxwain]

3. I am planing to write a letter to the public editor for Nytimes to complain about bias in his

articles ...

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. He's been at the Times his whole career

Used to cover NY area/CT. Covered the Skakel trial, if I remember correctly. I don't doubt that he has the usual neoliberal establishment bias, but I don't see him as some hardcore conservative like some Times reporters. On the way up. The guy is not yet in his 40's and he's covering national health politics for the Times. Not bad.