Apparently the op-ed page at the Times came out and supported the Kelo decision. That's not surprising.
What is surprising is that the Times directly benefitted from the very kind of eminent domain proceeding that was argued in Kelo. The Times is building a new headquarters in Midtown, but that was only possible after an eminent domain proceeding was used to evict the prior owners.
That's right. Let me restate for the ease of my readers (all three of them):
The Times benefitted from the same procedures that were used in Kelo.
Now, I've stated before that the Times has real estate interests that trump honest reporting of real estate issues in the City. Usually, these focus on the WTC reconstruction.
This adds yet one more layer to the problems with journalistic integrity at the Times - their real estate holdings influence their editorial pages and the decision of what to cover in the 'news' section.
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