Thursday, September 03, 2009

Two New York Times articles, two presidents, one subject...and there the similarities end

Here's a fun test for you.

In 1991, the first President George Bush gave a speech to school kids. The New York Times covered the criticism of the action, which you can read here.

Now here's Part 1 of the test:

Try to find the following words or phrases:

Parents
Left-winger
Liberal

Hard, huh?

Okay. Here's an easier one.

Today, the same paper covered criticism of current President Obama's plans to deliver a speech to school kids this Tuesday. You can find the article here.

Now here's Part 2 of the test:

Try to find these words or phrases:

Parents
Right-wing
Conservative

Easy, isn't it?

Which only goes to show that it's easy to win the game...when it's fixed.